Dee-Ann Durbin

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  • Howard SchultzSuccess

    American workers have never been less unionized, as membership rate hits all-time low

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • A man with a suitcase at an airport.Environment

    Brutally cold weather and heavy snow storms could totally derail your holiday travel plans

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 9: Members of a recently formed union of Starbucks workers hold a rally to celebrate the first anniversary of their founding, December 9, 2022 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)Retail

    More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 100 stores will walk out in longest strike in year-old union drive

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • GrinchPersonal Finance

    The Grinch is coming: Most Americans say it’s harder to afford holiday gifts this year

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • A customer picks packets of mushrooms from the fresh produce aisle inside a Spar Group Ltd. supermarketRetail

    Spray-on packaging and vapor stickers: How the fight to curb food wastage is turning to science

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Starbucks logo is displayed in the window of a downtown Pittsburgh Starbucks on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Workers at more than 100 U.S. Starbucks stores are scheduled to go on strike Thursday, Nov. 17, the same day the company plans its annual giveaway of reusable holiday cups. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)Retail

    Starbucks workers are planning strikes at more than 100 stores

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Thanksgiving dinnerPersonal Finance

    Inflation and bird flu are making this year’s Thanksgiving a real turkey

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Candy wrappers recycling bag.Environment

    Your Halloween candy wrappers will likely end up in a landfill but don’t blame recyclers: ‘It’s got to be profitable. These guys aren’t social workers’

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Daniella Malave, a recruiting analyst for Chipotle, poses for a photo at a Chipotle restaurant in Sea Girt, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. While working full time for the chain, Malave completed two years of community college with annual stipends of $5,250 from Chipotle. After that, she enrolled in the company’s free online college program, through which she earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Wilmington University in 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Success

    Companies like Starbucks and Chipotle are paying hourly employees’ college tuition. One graduate keeps asking, ‘Is this real?’

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others
  • FILE – A road is completely filled with a tall pile of debris from destroyed beachfront homes and businesses, two days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Sept. 30, 2022. Florida’s home insurance market was already on shaky ground. It now faces an even mightier struggle after the damage caused by the hurricane. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)Environment

    Hurricane Ian piles up to $47 billion of misery on a Florida home insurance market already struggling against rampant litigation and fraud

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others
  • A customer looks at refrigerated items at a Grocery Outlet store in Pleasanton, Calif.,. on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. “Best before” labels are coming under scrutiny as concerns about food waste grow around the world. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to estimate peak freshness. But “best before” labels have nothing to do with safety, and some worry they encourage consumers to throw away food that’s perfectly fine to eat. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)Health

    ‘Best before’ tags are prompting people to throw away perfectly good food. Supermarkets want manufacturers to trash the labels instead

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Starbucks union organizersRetail

    Starbucks to union: It’s time to bargain

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Laxman Narasimhan, chief executive officer of Latin America at PepsiCo Inc., speaks during the CEO Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, on Friday, April 13, 2018. The conference brings together leading CEOs and heads of state from the Americas region to analyze opportunities to promote economic growth and investment. Photographer: Guillermo Gutierrez/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Starbucks names former PepsiCo executive as new CEO

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A group of fired Starbucks employees celebrate the result of a vote to unionize one of the coffee company’s locations on June 7, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. In a decision issued on Thursday, Aug. 18, a federal judge ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees in Memphis who were fired earlier this year after leading an effort to unionize their store. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)Retail

    Starbucks has to rehire 7 workers it fired for trying to unionize, federal judge rules

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Michael Vestigo of Kansas City, Kansas, who claims he was fired by Starbucks, speaks while dressed as Apollo the wolf during the “Fight Starbucks’ Union Busting” rally and march in Seattle, Washington, April 23, 2022. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    Starbucks asks labor board to temporarily suspend union votes at its U.S. stores

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press