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Lanarkshire food bank 'busier than ever' as charity forced to appeal for donations

A local Starbucks franchise has recently helped out

Daily Record

Bradley Stoke McDonald's drive-thru wins 24/7 licence despite fears it will cause "untold misery"

South Gloucestershire Council decision marks end of four-year battle between residents and fast-food giant

Bristol Post

Why thousands of UPS workers could launch one of the largest strikes in American history

350,000 union workers are pushing for stronger workplace protections and wages. If the shipping giant rejects them, they will be ‘hitting the pavement’

The Independent UK

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Starbucks gift card policy ‘deceptive,’ federal lawsuit claims

What to do with that Starbucks gift card that doesn't have enough credit left to buy a short drip coffee or a puppuccino for Fido?

Tribune News Service

Democrats look to rising pro-union sentiment for boost in Midterms and beyond

Joe Biden and John Fetterman, who have both put unions at the centre of their campaigns, joined together in Pittsburgh on Labor Day, reports Richard Hall

The Independent UK

5 movies about our rich labor history

Is a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind?

Salon

You might think Starbucks is a ‘progressive’ company. You’d be wrong

Rarely in modern history have we seen a company that so exquisitely cultivates an image as a caring, progressive employer while actually acting like a bullying, union-busting gangster

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Labor’s brewing renaissance: Union drives gain steam at Starbucks, other coffee shops

The success of SEIU in organizing baristas in Chicago has led to the arduous task of negotiating first contracts in settings where worker turnover can be high.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden loves labor unions but blue-collar workers don’t love him back

President Joe Biden vowed his administration would be the most pro-union in U.S. history. But in a labor stronghold that has become a symbol for blue-collar defections from the Democratic Party, workers say they don’t feel the wind at their backs from the White House.

Tribune News Service

Want to feel old? Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte is 19 years old

It isn’t yet the first day of fall, but Starbucks’ love-it-or-hate-it Pumpkin Spice Latte went on sale nationwide Aug. 30.

Tribune News Service

Quiet quitting, real quitting, unionizing — what else are American workers up to?

How we work, when we work, how much we work – it's all shifting on a scale not seen in decades.

WEKU

Trader Joe’s broke labor laws in effort to stop stores unionizing, workers say

Situation is notable as the company has cultivated a liberal brand ethos and anti-union moves are likely to dent that public image

The Guardian - US

After years of decline, labor is experiencing a resurgence

The new generation of youthful activists are fighting for better wages and working conditions, but they’re also united in their common struggle for dignity and humane treatment on the job.

Chicago Sun-Times

US trade unions: Inside the revival brewing at Starbucks

The grassroots effort to organise workers at the coffee chain has spread to over 200 stores. Can it re-energise the labour movement in the US?

Financial Times

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Chronicle Live

Starbucks shoppers can save 55p on their orders with tested trick - here's how it works

A reporter went to her local Starbucks to find out if this trick really works - and this is what she discovered

The Independent UK

The girlbosses who girlbossed too close to the sun: The demise of ‘women’s utopia’ The Wing was long overdue

The woman-centric members’ club idolised Hillary Clinton and ate ‘Fork the Patriarchy’ poached-egg lunches. It drew the kind of publicity you couldn’t buy, the kind of scandal few could weather, and now it’s dead. Eloise Hendy is very eager to dance on its grave

Daily Record

How to make your own Pumpkin Spice Latte - and save £2.26 compared to Starbucks

The cost of making your very own PSL from home will cost you just £1.29 per large serving.

Tribune News Service

Workers at Ann Arbor Starbucks strike again following 'retaliation'

Workers at a Starbucks Corp. in Ann Arbor, Michigan, walked off the job again on Friday morning and plan to stay on strike through Sunday following what union organizers call retaliatory measures and a denial of union representation.

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The Independent UK

Starbucks customers say they taste a difference in Pumpkin Spice Latte recipe, sparking speculation

“Mine didn’t taste like pumpkin at all,” one TikTok user claimed

The Guardian - US

New York City sues Starbucks for firing union-organizing barista

Department of consumer and worker protection says coffee chain violated ‘just cause’ protections in dismissing Austin Locke

Tribune News Service

NYC files lawsuit against Starbucks for firing union-organizing barista in Astoria, Queens

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is suing Starbucks over allegations that the coffee corporation unlawfully fired a Queens barista who had been involved in unionization efforts — marking the first time the city has taken legal action under its landmark “just cause” labor law, the Daily News has…

The Guardian - UK

From Slough to Seattle: the challenges facing Starbucks’ new boss

Surprise move to Seattle comes as global coffee chain faces unionisation drive

The Conversation

America is in the middle of a labor mobilization moment – with self-organizers at Starbucks, Amazon, Trader Joe's and Chipotle behind the union drive

Labor Day 2022 comes smack bang in the middle of what is increasingly looking like a pivotal year in the history of American unions.

Evening Standard

Starbucks appoints outgoing Reckitt Benckiser chief as its next CEO

Laxman Narasimhan is swapping Slough for Seattle and takes up the top job there in April

Tribune News Service

Commentary: This Labor Day, support the union wave

This Labor Day, we’re thinking about the people who make our picnics possible. People like Marielena, who works in a poultry plant in North Carolina. More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the workers “do not have sufficient time to even disinfect our hands,” says Marielena.

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