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Brewing Tensions: Starbucks Strike Expands To 9 States, Including PA Brewing Tensions: Starbucks Strike Expands To 9 States, Including PA
Brewing Tensions: Starbucks Strike Expands To 9 States, Including PA A Starbucks workers' strike, which began in select stores, has expanded to nine states as employees push for better wages and working conditions during the holiday rush. The strike, led by Starbucks Workers United, demands higher pay and improved staffing to address what employees describe as chronic understaffing during peak hours.  Workers at dozens of stores in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania joined the strike over the weekend. Starbucks has a total of about 16,000 stores in the US and around 35,000 worldwide. Over the weekend, picket lines formed at high-traffic stores in N…

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by Joe Lombardi
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PA Senator Speaks Out After Arrest At Aramark Protest: 'Their Fight Is My Fight' PA Senator Speaks Out After Arrest At Aramark Protest: 'Their Fight Is My Fight'
PA Senator Speaks Out After Arrest At Aramark Protest: 'Their Fight Is My Fight' A Pennsylvania State Senator was one of dozens of protestors arrested in Philadelphia this week, and he's speaking out. Represented by UNITE Here Local 274, food service workers from Wells Fargo Center, Lincoln Financial Field, and Citizens Bank Park picketed at the Aramark headquarters on Market Street in Center City on Wednesday, June 12. Among their demands, access to health insurance and higher wages. Sen. Nikil Saval was one of 46 people arrested for obstruction of highway, according to the senator himself and police. "The labor of Unite Here Philadelphia workers is a crucial part of…

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by Cecilia Levine