Dec. 6, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Dec. 6, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Starbucks baristas at the 46-09 Queens Blvd location in Sunnyside filed a petition for a union election this week, joining a rapidly growing movement that has successfully unionized over 150 stores nationwide this year alone. The Sunnyside baristas are part of a nationwide… Read more »
June 27, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The global coffee giant Starbucks is set to open a new store in Astoria. Starbucks will open the new store at the Broadway Shopping Center some time in July, according to a spokesperson for the company. The Seattle-based coffee chain is taking over a space at 21-03A Broadway, which… Read more »
March 2, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An Astoria Starbucks worker who was fired by the chain last summer — in the midst of the store where he worked voting to unionize — has been reinstated and awarded more than $21,000 in back pay and penalties. Austin Locke was sacked from his barista role at the… Read more »