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Starbucks baristas in Seal Beach win union election: Their 9-3 vote marks the 32nd California location to unionize.
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Starbucks baristas in Seal Beach win union election
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Slog AM: Climate Protesters Block Amazon HQ, City Council to Discuss Minimum Wage Rollbacks, and Trump Lawyers to Argue Election Interference Is Free Speech
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Slog AM: Climate Protesters Block Amazon HQ, City Council to Discuss ...
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Workers at 5th Louisiana Starbucks vote to join union: Employees at a Starbucks in Sulphur voted unanimously to join a union, the fifth location in the state ...
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Workers at 5th Louisiana Starbucks vote to join union
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Landmark heat rules for California workers left in doubt: Cal/OSHA has voted to adopt new heat illness prevention standards for indoor workers ...
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Landmark heat rules for California workers left in doubt
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'A Massive Step': Starbucks Agrees to New Contract Talks With Union Workers: One labor expert and professor said it is "hard to overstate how big a deal this ...
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Quick Glance: Starbucks and Workers Union Reach Negotiation Milestone
  • Starbucks and Workers United have agreed to start discussions for collective bargaining agreements.

  • The agreement signifies a potential major shift for the company and highlights the strength of the labor movement.

  • Both parties issued nearly identical statements to reporters, indicating a high level of coordination.

  • The deal includes resolving disputes and negotiating individual contracts for over 350 unionized Starbucks stores.
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Map Shows Where Starbucks Is Firing Thousands of Employees: Amid ongoing boycotts over the Israel-Hamas war, the Middle East franchise of Starbucks announced it ...
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Map Shows Where Starbucks Is Firing Thousands of Employees
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Starbucks announces new lineup of drinks focused on this seasonal, floral flavor: Though company stock price has dipped a bit over the last few days.
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Starbucks announces new lineup of drinks focused on this seasonal ...
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Twenty-five US universities face calls to cancel Starbucks contracts: Student organizers, faculty and workers protest against coffee company’s response to union ...
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Twenty-five US universities face calls to cancel Starbucks contracts
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After a week of boycotting, Ultimo’s union strikes. Owners say they’ve offered a contract.
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After a week of boycotting, Ultimo’s union strikes. Owners say they’ve ...
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Starbucks cuts sales forecast and misses market expectations amid boycotts: Despite booking record revenue the business was hit by staff walkouts and a dropping ...
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Starbucks cuts sales forecast and misses market expectations amid boycotts
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Where Seattle’s art unions stand after a ‘hot labor summer’: In the past few years, workers at the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum and Seattle ...
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Where Seattle’s art unions stand after a ‘hot labor summer’
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Majority of Denver Art Museum workers vote to unionize: About 70% of eligible Denver Art Museum employees voted to unionize this week, despite what union ...
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Majority of Denver Art Museum workers vote to unionize
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Starbucks’ labor pivot poised to spur new unionization wave | Analysis: Starbucks' commitment to work with its main union to end hostilities and hash out a fair ...
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Starbucks’ labor pivot poised to spur new unionization wave | Analysis
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Starbucks union seeks national template for US bargaining: The union, Workers United, has organized nearly 400 stores out of the company's 9 ...
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Starbucks union seeks national template for US bargaining
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The Starbucks Valentine’s Day Collection of Drinks and Cups Is Now Complete: Starbucks has now unveiled its full Valentine's Day 2024 collection ...
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The Starbucks Valentine’s Day Collection of Drinks and Cups Is Now ...
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Starbucks appeal in Memphis union case: Starbucks fired seven employees in Memphis in February 2022, citing safety ...
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Starbucks appeal in Memphis union case
Quick Glance: US Supreme Court to Hear Starbucks Labour Dispute
  • The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the coffee giant's labour dispute.

  • The decision could have significant implications for workers' rights in the US.

  • US labor officials obtained an emergency court order to reinstate seven terminated workers.

  • There is an unusual uptick in labor organizing in the US, affecting companies like Amazon and Apple.
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The Starbucks Valentine’s Day Collection of Drinks and Cups Is Now Complete: Starbucks has now unveiled its full Valentine's Day 2024 collection ...
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The Starbucks Valentine’s Day Collection of Drinks and Cups Is Now ...
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Starbucks baristas in Seal Beach file for union election: Employees say they can't keep up with constant in-store promotions, dilapidated equipment and ...
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Starbucks baristas in Seal Beach file for union election
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Indian Restaurant Owner Slapped With 7 Year Ban For Hiring Illegal Workers In UK: The owner has been banned as a company director until 2031 for hiring illegal ...
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Indian Restaurant Owner Slapped With 7 Year Ban For Hiring Illegal Workers ...
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Denver Art Museum rejects union recognition, organizers predict costly election: Denver Art Museum leader Christopher Heinrich has rejected union recognition as ...
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Denver Art Museum rejects union recognition, organizers predict costly ...
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Judge Tosses Trader Joe’s Trademark Complaint Against Union In Brutal Fashion: The judge wrote the grocery store company had tried to “weaponize the legal ...
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Judge Tosses Trader Joe’s Trademark Complaint Against Union In Brutal ...
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US labor judge orders Starbucks to reinstate high-profile union organizer: By DEE-ANN DURBIN (AP Business Writer) A federal labor law judge has ordered Starbucks ...
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US labor judge orders Starbucks to reinstate high-profile union organizer
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Two Ultimo coffee shops withdraw from barista union: The split in the Ultimo union comes weeks after fellow Local 80-represented unions at Elixr and ReAnimator ...
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Two Ultimo coffee shops withdraw from barista union
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Big Business Is Fighting to Kill State Legislation to Protect Striking Workers: Our employers shouldn’t have an incentive to starve us out by forcing a ...
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Big Business Is Fighting to Kill State Legislation to Protect Striking ...
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Workers at José Andrés’ The Bazaar in Washington, D.C. have unionized. A ‘supermajority’ of workers at the mainly-immigrant-staffed restaurant has formed a ... Show more
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UCLA, UC Riverside students petition to remove Starbucks from campuses: Students plan to deliver petitions with more than 1,500 signatures to the two ...
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UCLA, UC Riverside students petition to remove Starbucks from campuses
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Fast food workers in California to earn $20 an hour. What does it mean for workers nationwide?
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Fast food workers in California to earn $20 an hour. What does it mean for ...
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Workers at two Omaha Starbucks seek to become unionized: Workers at two Omaha Starbucks have sent letters to the company stating their intent to unionize.
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Workers at two Omaha Starbucks seek to become unionized
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Starbucks Ordered to Reopen 23 Stores It Closed to Kill Unionization Efforts: "This complaint is the latest confirmation of Starbucks' determination to ...
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Starbucks Ordered to Reopen 23 Stores It Closed to Kill Unionization ...
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Starbucks CEO writes year-end letter amid boycott calls: "Our stance is clear. We stand for humanity," Starbucks' CEO wrote in his end-of-year letter.
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Starbucks CEO writes year-end letter amid boycott calls
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Starbucks says it wants to reach a labor deal next year: The coffee chain is asking Workers United to restart bargaining in January, saying the current impasse ...
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Starbucks says it wants to reach a labor deal next year
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Starbucks is making it easier for overwhelmed stores to pause mobile ordering: Baristas say that persistent under-staffing and unrelenting mobile orders are ...
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Starbucks is making it easier for overwhelmed stores to pause mobile ...
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ReAnimator Coffee workers authorize strike, the second barista union to do so in 2 weeks
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ReAnimator Coffee workers authorize strike, the second barista union to do ...
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On Boston Globe Today: Starbucks remains one of the biggest-name battlegrounds in union activity, with workers at nearly 380 stores nationwide ... Show more
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Microsoft QA contract workers join game union, get full-time jobs: Seventy-seven contracted Microsoft QA testers will be converted to full-time employees ...
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Microsoft QA contract workers join game union, get full-time jobs
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‘We Stand for Humanity’ – Following Global Boycott, Starbucks CEO Blames ‘Misrepresentation’
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‘We Stand for Humanity’ – Following Global Boycott, Starbucks CEO Blames ...
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Emory graduate students vote to unionize: Doctoral students at Emory University, whose role typically includes teaching as well as study and research ...
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Emory graduate students vote to unionize
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Workers at an LA Starbucks file petition to unionize: A nationwide push has seen more than 9,000 baristas organizing for better working conditions ...
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Workers at an LA Starbucks file petition to unionize
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Elixr Coffee’s union authorizes strike: Elixr has four locations and 25 unionized employees in Philadelphia.
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Elixr Coffee’s union authorizes strike
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Starbucks wages a battle against misinformation amid stock struggles: Starbucks' CEO is setting the tone as it looks to 2024.
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Starbucks wages a battle against misinformation amid stock struggles
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Starbucks Backlash Over the Middle East War and Unionization Is a Cautionary Tale for Entrepreneurs
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Starbucks Backlash Over the Middle East War and Unionization Is a ...
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Year in Review: How 2023 Became the Year of the Garment Worker Protest: "We need to fight because without protests, nothing happens," one worker ...
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Year in Review: How 2023 Became the Year of the Garment Worker Protest
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Reluctance to support Tk 23,000 minimum wage 'shameful': Say eight Congress members in a letter to American Apparel & Footwear Association
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Reluctance to support Tk 23,000 minimum wage 'shameful'
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Macy’s workers launch Black Friday strike in Washington state: About 400 workers walk out in dispute over allegedly unfair labor practices and failure to agree ...
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Macy’s workers launch Black Friday strike in Washington state
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Strike averted, again: ReAnimator Coffee’s union and owners reach a tentative contract
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Strike averted, again: ReAnimator Coffee’s union and owners reach a ...
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Louisa won the fight for penalties, super and payslips. Next goal: $10,000 backpay
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Louisa won the fight for penalties, super and payslips. Next goal: $10 ...
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Starbucks cafes in Newton, Somerville unionize: After a stalled effort to organize last summer, baristas at cafes near Porter Square and Newton Corner finally ...
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Starbucks cafes in Newton, Somerville unionize
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Starbucks (SBUX) Accused by the Teamsters Union of Bargaining in Bad Faith: A second US union is accusing Starbucks Corp. of refusing to fairly negotiate ...
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Starbucks (SBUX) Accused by the Teamsters Union of Bargaining in Bad Faith
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Starbucks to raise pay for US retail workers by 3% next year: The announcement arrives amid a union campaign at Starbucks stores nationwide.
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Starbucks to raise pay for US retail workers by 3% next year
Quick Glance: Starbucks to Increase US Retail Workers' Pay by 3% Next Year
  • Starbucks will raise the hourly pay of U.S. retail employees by 3% at the beginning of next year, the company announced on Monday.

  • Employees with two to five years of tenure at the company will receive a 4% raise, and those with over five years of experience will get at least a 5% raise, according to the company.

  • The announcement comes amid an ongoing union campaign at Starbucks stores nationwide.

  • Since 2021, a union called Starbucks Workers United has organized over 350 stores employing roughly 9,000 workers.
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Starbucks Insists It Isn’t Union-Busting. A Growing List Of Rulings Say Otherwise.
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Starbucks Insists It Isn’t Union-Busting. A Growing List Of Rulings Say ...
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Starbucks workers at Southpark Mall file for union election: Another Starbucks in the Cleveland area is trying to unionize.
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Starbucks workers at Southpark Mall file for union election
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Labor groups back ILO convention vs work violence, harassment: A Senate panel is set to hear arguments for or against concurrence with the ratification of ILO ...
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Labor groups back ILO convention vs work violence, harassment
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Houston Starbucks vandalized with Israel-Hamas war messages: Police are investigating vandalism at two Houston-area Starbucks after messages calling to "boycott ...
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Houston Starbucks vandalized with Israel-Hamas war messages
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Tesla rubbishes claim it fired workers amid union campaign: Workers United claimed the layoffs were an attempt to put an end to union organizing.
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Tesla rubbishes claim it fired workers amid union campaign
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Howard Brown Health employees prepare for second strike in a year: On Oct. 13, 96% of union members voted in favor of the strike.
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Howard Brown Health employees prepare for second strike in a year
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Starbucks, McDonald's and other major companies have touched off controversy tied to the Israel-Hamas war. Starbucks sued its union, Starbucks Workers United ... Show more
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Chipotle robots may soon construct your salads and bowls : Chipotle announces that robots will soon be assembling bowls and salads.
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Chipotle robots may soon construct your salads and bowls
Quick Glance: Chipotle robots to assemble salads and bowls
  • Chipotle's new digital makeline system by Hyphen integrates with human workers to assemble orders.

  • The system is currently being tested at the Chipotle Cultivate Center in Irvine, Calif.

  • In-person customers have different needs than digital customers.

  • The company consulted with workers to determine which tasks are best outsourced to robots and artificial intelligence.
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Howard Brown Health employees strike as union considers final contract proposal: Clinics will remain open during the strike, and all patients with appointments ...
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Howard Brown Health employees strike as union considers final contract ...
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Disneyland workers set for big salary bump after labor fight: Workers at Disneyland are primed for a big bump in salary after a winning a living-wage legal ...
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Disneyland workers set for big salary bump after labor fight
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Starbucks Faces Boycott Calls Over Union Palestinian Support: 'Disgusting': Florida Senator Rick Scott called for a boycott of Starbucks after a union linked to ...
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Starbucks Faces Boycott Calls Over Union Palestinian Support: 'Disgusting'
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Coffee giant Starbucks has filed a lawsuit against its labor union “Starbucks Workers United” in federal court in Iowa on Wednesday after a union account made ... Show more
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Nearly $1 Million Pours into Seattle Elections from Corporate “Neighbors”: Billionaires are not your neighbors.
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Nearly $1 Million Pours into Seattle Elections from Corporate “Neighbors”
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Starbucks sues employee union over logo use in pro-Palestinian social media posts
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Starbucks sues employee union over logo use in pro-Palestinian social ...
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Judge: Starbucks violated federal labor law by withholding pay hikes from unionized workers
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Judge: Starbucks violated federal labor law by withholding pay hikes from ...
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Worker strikes are surging. Strains of technology may be to blame in part.: Hollywood actors, Starbucks baristas and Amazon workers among those walking out.
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Worker strikes are surging. Strains of technology may be to blame in part.