Noam Scheiber

The chain faces similar moves at other locations.

The shutdown was announced hours before a hearing on a possible vote to unionize the location, which employees said was understaffed.

He made the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees an electoral force in a time of Republican hostility to organized labor.

The National Labor Relations Board is aiming to stop what it says is extensive illegal activity by the coffee chain amid a national union campaign.

Jaz Brisack became a barista for the same reasons that talented young people have long chosen their career paths: a mix of idealism and ambition.

Rossann Williams, president of retail for North America, will depart after 17 years at the company, which said she declined a new position with Starbucks.

The workers, at a store in western Massachusetts, cited health and safety concerns and cuts to benefits at the grocery chain.

The automaker said the move would further its electric-vehicle goals. It may also defuse tensions with the U.A.W. ahead of contract talks next year.

The company, New Flyer, a supplier to Los Angeles County, was accused of not fulfilling a commitment to create jobs that paid agreed-upon wages and…

A complaint by the agency accuses the coffee chain of illegally intimidating and retaliating against workers in an election that the union lost.