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Starbucks came under scrutiny on Monday after a user on Weibo said that a number of police officers had been eating outside a store in the southwestern city of Chongqing before they were told by staff to move away

BEIJING (Reuters) – Starbucks is battling its second bout of public fury in China in less than three months, after an incident described by the U.S. coffee giant as a “misunderstanding” at one of its stores sparked criticism from online users and state media. The company came under scrutiny on Monday after a user on … Read More

Labor board overturned first election over company’s unfair conduct, giving workers another chance to be the first Amazon facility in US to unionize Workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have begun the rerun of a historic union election after the US labor regulator ruled Amazon’s conduct had interfered with a previous election in 2021 and ordered a new vote. The union drive comes as other large US employers including Starbucks and Target are fighting off union drives. If successful, the warehouse would be the first Amazon facility to unionize in the US. Employees said that Amazon – which now employs more than 1 million people in the US – is fighting hard to make sure this vote also fails, but some are feeling more confident the second time around. Continue reading…

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Starbucks blamed labor costs and supply shortages for higher prices all while increasing their CEO''s pay by 40% to $20 million.

How a Starbucks on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo became the first unionized Starbucks in America with the help of a Rhodes Scholar barista.

Employees at a local Starbucks are trying to unionize.

The two locations are on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul and Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis.

A San Antonio Starbucks has become the first of the coffee chain''s stores in Texas to file for unionization with the National Labor Relations Board.

"We work in the midst of an ongoing global health crisis and see little to no support," St. Paul workers wrote in a letter to Starbucks'' CEO.

The local push is part of a budding effort nationally to unionize the coffee chain.

The government has run out of ideas on Brexit, it’s demob happy on Covid rules, and the PM’s wife is under fire The Location, Location, Location presenter Kirstie Allsopp has some advice for young people wanting to buy their first home. Think twice about going to university and racking up student debt. Move back in with your parents for three years if you can. Stop going to the gym, watching Netflix, buying coffee from Starbucks and taking a couple of easyJet flights abroad each year. And be prepared to move to a cheaper part of the country if necessary. For someone who has made a living out of telling people how to get the best value for money out of their property, Allsopp’s maths is a little suspect. Assuming you are paying your parents no rent, you are probably saving yourself about £7,000 per year. Given that the average deposit, according to Halifax, is £59,000, you are going to have to stay with your parents for eight and a half years – assuming house prices don’t rise during that period.

"The diversity in our store reflects the diversity of Texas and we are excited to create positive change in improving the lives of essential workers across the state," the letter reads.

More than 70 stores in at least 20 states have now filed for union elections since the December wins in Buffalo, New York