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Employees Move To Become Fourth CT Starbucks Store To Unionize Employees Move To Become Fourth CT Starbucks Store To Unionize
Employees Move To Become Fourth CT Starbucks Store To Unionize If employees at one Fairfield County Starbucks have their way, pretty soon they will be serving up your latte as a unionized worker. Workers at the store at 67 Newtown Road in Danbury, announced on Friday, May 19, they have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with Starbucks Workers United, the national campaign to unionize the coffee giant.  This is the fourth Starbucks store in Connecticut to file for unionization. The Danbury workers are standing in solidarity with over 300 union stores and more than 8,000 baristas organizing for better working condi…
Derby Man Shows Porn Video To Woman At Darien Starbucks, Police Say Derby Man Shows Porn Video To Woman At Darien Starbucks, Police Say
Derby Man Shows Porn Video To Woman At Darien Starbucks, Police Say A man who allegedly held up a cell phone with a pornography video playing to a woman sitting at a Fairfield County Starbucks has been charged by police. New Haven County resident Adield Viana-Ribeiro, age 25, of Derby, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the Stamford Court for an incident that took place in November 2022 at the Darien Starbucks, said Sgt. Dan Skoumbros of the Darien Police.  During the incident, a woman told Darien police she was sitting in her vehicle in the Starbucks parking lot around 6:15 a.m. when she looked up to see Viana-Ribeiro standing by her wind…
Branford Starbucks Looks To Unionize Branford Starbucks Looks To Unionize
Branford Starbucks Looks To Unionize A Starbucks location in Branford has filed a petition to unionize after employees cited unpredictable hours and income changes.  The coffee shop, located at 6 North Main St. (Route 1), has officially submitted a petition to unionize with Starbucks Workers United to the National Labor Relations Board, according to an announcement by Starbucks Workers United from Tuesday, Feb. 21.  The Branford location is the third store in the state to unionize, following Starbucks stores in both West Hartford and Vernon. The three locations join almost 300 stores and 7,000 baristas acro…
Caught In Historic Blizzard, NY Mom, Kids Find Overnight Refuge At Target Store (Photos) Caught In Historic Blizzard, NY Mom, Kids Find Overnight Refuge At Target Store (Photos)
Caught In Historic Blizzard, NY Mom, Kids Find Overnight Refuge At Target Store (Photos) Jessica Sypniewski was a mom on a mission: to find some place, any place, where she and her boyfriend, along with their 11-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son, could take refuge from the blinding snow and howling winds of a historic, deadly blizzard that had barreled down in western New York just before Christmas, and lasting days. The 33-year-old Erie County resident, of West Seneca, told Daily Voice the family had set out Friday morning, Dec. 23, to pick up a relative on the other side of town. On the way back, however, they found themselves caught in one of the worst winter storms the r…
New Survey Reveals Gen Z’s Favorite Restaurant New Survey Reveals Gen Z’s Favorite Restaurant
New Survey Reveals Gen Z’s Favorite Restaurant When it comes to satisfying those hunger pangs, it turns out nothing does it for Zoomers quite like the delectably irresistible taste of America’s favorite chicken shack. A new survey by investment firm Piper Sandler found that Generation Z’s favorite restaurant is Chick-fil-A. Of those polled, 18 percent picked the Atlanta-based chicken chain as their favorite place to eat, followed by Starbucks (17 percent) and Chipotle (13 percent). The restaurant category was just one of several that was gauged as part of Piper Sandler’s 44th semi-annual “Taking Stock With Teens” survey, which includ…
COVID-19: Starbucks Reverses Policy On Vaccine Mandates COVID-19: Starbucks Reverses Policy On Vaccine Mandates
Covid-19: Starbucks Reverses Policy On Vaccine Mandates Starbucks announced that it will no longer require its employees in the United States to get vaccinated against COVID-19. ABC News reported that the coffee shop chain made the announcement in a memo to employees on Tuesday, Jan. 18. The company reportedly said it made the decision in light of the Supreme Court's ruling, which rejected the Biden administration's effort to require companies with more than 100 employees to mandate vaccines or regular testing. Starbucks previously had announced it would require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sunday, Feb. 9 or require that they…
17-Year-Old Connecticut Girl Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions 17-Year-Old Connecticut Girl Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions
17-Year-Old Connecticut Girl Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions A teen social media star from Connecticut is outearning some of the most successful CEOs in the US by millions of dollars, according to new reports by Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. With 133 million TikToker followers, 17-year-old Fairfield County resident Charli D'Amelio, of Norwalk, who started posting to TikTok in 2019 -- has the video-sharing app's largest following, Forbes says. Last year, she brought in $17.5 million. The median pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies in 2020 was $13.4 million, the WSJ reports. Darren Woods was the highest-earning CEO of 2020, brin…
CT Man Starts Fire At Starbucks, Fights Officers, Police Say CT Man Starts Fire At Starbucks, Fights Officers, Police Say
CT Man Starts Fire At Starbucks, Fights Officers, Police Say A man was arrested after allegedly starting a fire at a Starbucks in Fairfield County and then fighting with police. Joseph Graff, age 26, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 10, after police responded to the coffee shop in Greenwich. Once police arrived on the scene, they found that Graff had started a fire on the side of the building on Greenwich Avenue and began resisting arrest by running into the highway, blocking traffic, said Lt. Martin O'Reilly of the Greenwich Police. Graff, of Greenwich, also threw a hot beverage at an officer and punched several with "a closed fit," O'Reilly…
Starbucks Opens Store With Amazon Go Starbucks Opens Store With Amazon Go
Starbucks Opens Store With Amazon Go Starbucks has partnered with Amazon Go to create a new store in New York. The Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go store opened on Thursday, Nov. 18, in New York City, at 59th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues, the company announced. The company said the store features the full Starbucks menu and food and beverages in the Amazon Go market.  The Starbucks Pickup store primarily accepts orders placed through the company's app.  Starbucks said customers can place their order for the new store through the app, and a digital screen at the store will show them the status of …
New Restaurants, Stores Coming To Danbury Fair Mall New Restaurants, Stores Coming To Danbury Fair Mall
New Restaurants, Stores Coming To Danbury Fair Mall One of the area’s most popular shopping centers is getting a facelift as developers signed multiple deals to bring new restaurants, stores, and “experiences” to the Danbury Fair Mall. Site construction has already begun at Danbury Fair on a new Shake Shack and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants, officials announced this week, marking the first ground-up construction at the site since 1991. Other planned grand openings at the Danbury Fair Mall include in 2021 include Athlete, Barbarie’s Fitness Evolution gym, Charming Charlie, FYE, Newbury Comics, and Urban Outfitters. Officials noted that des…
COVID-19: These Retailers Are Allowing Maskless Shopping For Fully Vaccinated COVID-19: These Retailers Are Allowing Maskless Shopping For Fully Vaccinated
Covid-19: These Retailers Are Allowing Maskless Shopping For Fully Vaccinated With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and most states loosening up mask-wearing restrictions, many retailers are following suit and are enacting new policies for customers and employees. The CDC said last week that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear a mask or stay 6 feet apart from others in most cases, whether indoors or outdoors. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they receive the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or the single dose of Johnson & Johnson. The following mandates are in place at thes…
Starbucks Closes In Downtown New Haven Starbucks Closes In Downtown New Haven
Starbucks Closes In Downtown New Haven One out of four New Haven Starbucks has closed. The downtown New Haven Starbucks on Church Street is just one of many storefronts shuttered by the chain since they announced, in June, the intent to close 400 stores.  The closure came as a surprise even to the location's management and employees, according to the New Haven Independent. Customers were notified of the closure via a sign on the cafe's door reading: "as of Sept. 13 this location has now been closed." The sign also noted that any mobile orders made to that store will be transferred to the Chapel Street location. …