Business
A rolling strike of Starbucks baristas began Friday and grows to include about 300 of the coffee giant’s shops across the U.S.
Baristas at hundreds of Starbucks in California and elsewhere in the U.S. plan to strike in the days before Christmas as plans to negotiate a contract stall.
Opinion
I want to spend my coffee dollars at places that help communities. Through store closures, union busting and reduced seating, Starbucks has abandoned customers like me.
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Health & Life Science
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INDUSTRY UPDATES
Syntiant Corp. in Irvine entered into an agreement to acquire the Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM) business of Knowles Corp. for $150 million on Sept. 18.
Irvine-based Mobix Labs Inc. agreed to acquire Spacecraft Components Corp., a Nevada-based aerospace and defense manufacturer of high-precision, mission-critical components for $24 million.
The Seattle coffee giant said Brian Niccol, the chairman and CEO of Chipotle, will become Starbucks’ chairman and CEO on Sept. 9.
California
Muriel Evans alleges that a faulty coffee cup lid and the excessive heat from her beverage led to severe burns after a barista spilled coffee into her lap.
Former Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz acted unlawfully when he told an employee: ‘If you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company,’ NLRB finds.