Sued over arbitrary schedules and pay cuts, Starbucks will pay $35m to 15,000 of its New York City workers to settle the case; Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders visited picket lines yesterday, and the strike was spreading outside the city. Baristas describe chronic short-staffing, irregular scheduling designed to keep everyone part-time, overly complex online ordering, and various other grievances.

The workers want better hours and increased staffing, and they are angry that Starbucks hasn't agreed on a contract nearly four years after workers voted to unionize at a Buffalo store. Union votes at other locations followed, and about 550 of Starbucks' 10,000 company-owned stores are now unionized. The coffee giant also has around 7,000 licensed locations at airports,

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