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In new role as labor committee chair, Bernie Sanders says corporations 'should be nervous'

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

As the new chairman of the Senate committee that oversees health and labor issues, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says some corporations "should be nervous."…

As digital payments become commonplace, tipping frustrates some consumers

By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

Across the country, there’s a silent frustration brewing about an age-old practice that many say is getting out of hand: tipping.

Starbucks workers plan to strike for 3 days at 100 stores across country

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Starbucks workers around the U.S. are planning a three-day strike starting Friday.

Starbucks workers strike at more than 100 stores in largest labor action since union campaign

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year.

Starbucks to rehire 7 fired Memphis workers after losing appeal

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Starbucks says the workers violated company policy by reopening the store after closing time and inviting a television crew inside. But the National Labor Relations Board determined the company was interfering with the workers' right to organize.

California lawmakers approve landmark fast food workers bill

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

California lawmakers on Monday advanced a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up consumers' costs.

Labor board files complaint against Starbucks for withholding raises from unionized stores

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

The National Labor Relations Board says Starbucks is violating U.S. labor law by withholding pay hikes and other benefits from stores that have voted to unionize.

Federal judge says Starbucks must reinstate fired workers

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

A federal judge is ordering Starbucks to reinstate seven employees in Memphis, Tennessee, who were fired earlier this year after leading an effort to unionize their store.

Starbucks asks labor board to temporarily halt union votes

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

The request came Monday in response to a board employee's allegations that regional NLRB officials improperly coordinated with union organizers.

Workers protest Starbucks' plan to close a unionizing store

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

As tensions rise between Starbucks and baristas who want to unionize, the imminent closure of a store in Ithaca, New York, is taking on outsized significance.