Sep 1, 2021

The restaurant industry’s reckoning has arrived. What’s next?

A sign is viewed at a restaurant in New York's Upper West Side on Aug. 17, 2021. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images

We also have a few more details on President Biden's plan to tackle affordable housing. Workers at Starbucks are trying to form the coffee chain's first-ever union.

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Calls for unionization are brewing at Starbucks

by Kristin Schwab

Sep 1, 2021

Three stores in Buffalo are attempting to create the first-ever union at the coffee giant, and the time appears right.

A group of Starbucks employees is trying to create the first-ever union in the company's history.

GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images

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Improving the restaurant industry could mean higher prices for diners

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin and Erika Soderstrom

Sep 1, 2021

The pandemic has revealed some of the long-standing issues within the restaurant industry.

A sign is viewed at a restaurant in New York's Upper West Side on Aug. 17, 2021.

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The team

David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Redmond Carolipio Digital Producer

Jesson Duller Media Producer

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