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On today’s episode of The Confluence: Staff at a Bloomfield Starbucks have voted to unionize, becoming the first store to do so in the commonwealth; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Kris Mamula explains how a study found the rate of deaths due to COVID-19 in 100 U.S. counties was most strongly correlated with lack of income; FBI Supervisory Special Agent Tim Wolford tells us how the agency is combatting "sextortion schemes," where an increasing number of teen boys are targeted; and officials worry about the cost of the upcoming election.
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Employees at a Starbucks store in Bloomfield have voted unanimously to unionize, labor organizers reported Wednesday. Pending certification by the National Labor Relations Board, the Liberty Ave. shop is poised to become the global chain’s first Pennsylvania location to form a union.
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Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city Wednesday for a symbolic $1 each and a…
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The CEO of Starbucks Corp. said he wants to personally apologize to two black men who were arrested while sitting inside one of the…
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A recent article in the online magazine Slate called Tipping is an Abomination calls for the end of this practice. It’s a custom that originated in…