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The bill has gained national attention as an attack on working-class Floridians who work outdoors.

Eligible voters in Berkeley’s District 4 will get to cast their votes to elect a new District 4 City Council member in a special election May 28.

NEW YORK — For more than a year, Felix Santiago has worked as a barista at a Starbucks near Times Square, and for about half that time, he loved it. It was easy to swap shifts, easy to pick up new ones, easy to get along with supervisors who were largely accommodating. “The first six months were absolutely great,” Santiago said recently. His opinion changed when his hours were cut in October and then again in January. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Time...

Unionized Starbucks baristas in Chicago filed 10 complaints Wednesday alleging the company violated the city’s Fair Workweek Ordinance. The city’s fair workweek law requires certain employers to give staff advance notice of their schedules and pay a premium for last-minute changes. It also requires employers to offer part-time employees additional hours before hiring new workers to fill ...

Although Silicon Valley has a slew of disabled people working in high-salaried positions at Apple, Google, and elsewhere, the truth is they are the anomaly.

Baristas at more than 200 Starbucks locations are striking on Red Cup Day, a busy promotion for the coffee chain.

Baristas at more than 200 Starbucks locations are striking on Red Cup Day, a busy promotion for the coffee chain.

Starbucks Workers United baristas Thursday will walk off their jobs in a strike protesting unfair labor practices.

Unionized Starbucks employees stage flash strike on "Red Cup Day" in protest over staff shortages and other workplace issues.