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Chipotle is closing a Maine store that had been leading efforts to unionize the chain. Employees at the Augusta, Maine, Chipotle filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board in June asking to hold a union election at the store. It was the first of the Mexican food chain’s stores to file such a petition, according to NLRB...

Workers at a Starbucks location in Boston that had previously voted to unionize went on strike Monday. The strike at the Starbucks located at 874 Commonwealth Avenue, near Boston University, began at 4:30 a.m. Monday, and will last until further notice, the workers said. Workers picketed in front of the Starbucks on Monday morning. In a letter to the store…

A girl was assaulted by a 45-year-old man inside a Starbucks in Swampscott, Massachusetts, this week, police said. The girl told police her assaulter had walked up behind her, grabbed her behind, moved it up and down and rubbed her lower back on Monday, Swampscott police said. She was shaken up by the incident but okay, according to police. The…

Fred Hyyoot, 45, was arrested Monday on charges of indecent assault and battery on a child, police said.

Workers at a Boston Starbucks location are on strike over what they say are unfair working conditions. Water pouring from the ceiling was the last straw, Starbucks employees working in Cleveland Circle said, spending Tuesday picketing outside their store. “This is not the first time we have had indoor rain,” Natalie Borg, who has worked at the Cleveland Circle Starbucks…

Starbucks has 130 locations in Russia, which previously saw McDonald’s, Exxon Mobil and other companies exit because of the Ukraine invasion.

In a statement issued Friday, an interfaith coalition led by Nevada-based Hindu activist Rajan Zed pressed the coffee chain to end the surcharges it called “unethical and unfair.”

Workers at a Starbucks store in Maine became the first in the state to announce their intent to unionize on Friday. The six employees at the Biddeford store joined workers at dozens of Starbucks locations around the country who have sought to unionize. The employees filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday, the Bangor Daily...

James Cromwell, known for his roles in “Succession” and “Babe,” superglued himself to the counter of a Starbucks in New York City on May 10. Read on to find out why.

Federal labor officials say Starbucks engaged in unfair labor practices in Phoenix, Arizona by firing employees as retaliation for seeking to unionize

Starbucks is raising its prices for its products in 2022 due to supply chain issues from COVID-19 disruptions, rising inflation and a tight labor market

We asked Olympians the timeless question of coffee preference. See which one gets the win.

Caffeine lovers — this one’s for you. Starbucks is rolling out a new drink that’ll keep you awake, but it doesn’t contain espresso.

Workers at two more Starbucks locations in the Boston area have started efforts to join a union after a one of the national coffee shop chain’s locations in Buffalo, New York, became the first to unionize last month. As of Tuesday, 23 of around 30 employees at the Cleveland Circle and Lower Allston locations signed cards indicating their intent to unionize,...

Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a policy it announced earlier this month

Starbucks workers at cafes on Commonwealth Avenue in Allston and Harvard Street in Brookline are looking to unionize after a store in Buffalo, New York, successfully unionized last week, a first for the 50-year-old coffee retailer in the U.S.

Employees at two Boston-area Starbucks locations filed paperwork to unionize Monday, just days after employees of the chain in New York state became the first in the country to form one of their own.

Employees at two Boston-area Starbucks locations filed paperwork to unionize Monday, just days after employees of the chain in New York state became the first in the country to form one of their own. Organizers are hoping the call to unionize in the Boston-area will encourage all local Starbucks employees to join the movement, which they said will improve workers’…

Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize on Thursday, the latest sign that the labor movement is stirring after decades of decline

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