In 2015, after you were done gawking at the statue of Princess Di in the world’s largest department store, Harrods in London, you could head…
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Imagine you’re sent home from work because there are cracks in the building. You’re told to come back the next day, and you do, dutifully,…
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Up to 100 stores represented by Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) are set to go on strike this weekend, including over 20 that are going on…
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On Christmas Eve in 2021, Sam Cornetta, a Starbucks barista in Suffolk County, New York, found out that she had been exposed to COVID-19. She…
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“Do you want to support Starbucks workers? We’re short staffed. We’re a union store,” says Megan DiMotta in a heavy Brooklyn accent to customers entering…
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In a full-throated defense of 2022 World Cup host nation Qatar, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a press conference on Saturday, “Today I feel Qatari, today I feel…
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Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) has a birthday on Friday, and is holding ten rallies across the country to celebrate with the help of its parent union,…
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On August 1, Melissa Morris, a manager of a Starbucks location in Anderson, South Carolina, accused unionized workers at her store of kidnapping and assaulting her during…
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On Tuesday morning, 10 workers at Starbucks’ upscale Reserve Roastery in Manhattan, New York walked off the job, alleging unsanitary work conditions including bed bugs…