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Starbucks (SBUX) is facing accusations of union-busting tactics after two employees in Phoenix alleged that they were punished for taking part in pro-union activities. The coffee chain workers at the Arizona store claim that store managers are responsible for “interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees” as an attempt to dissuade them from unionizing, a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged. “[This is] the first step in holding Starbucks… Source link

Police in Nashville are seeking Tennessee Titans defensive end Bud Dupree for questioning regarding an alleged fight at a local Walgreens.  The Metro Nashville Police Department released a statement on Monday that they received a call about a fight at the Walgreens Sunday evening. Per the statement, the alleged fight involved Dupree, “persons with him” and two store employees. It was sparked when a male employee began to take video of Dupree on his phone, per the statement. Dupree was not… Source link

A former Tesla (TSLA) quality engineer turned whistleblower says the electric car maker has known for at least four years that some of its solar panels could catch fire but failed to disclose or fix the problem. On Monday, Reuters revealed that complaints over the alleged hazards filed by the whistleblower are the subject of an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency confirmed the investigation in a Sept. 24 letter to the former engineer, Steven… Source link

In a complaint being unsealed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Google names two defendants, Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov, as well as 15 unnamed individuals. Alphabet Inc.’s Google is suing two Russian nationals it claims are part of a criminal enterprise that has silently infiltrated more than a million computers and devices around the world, creating “a modern technological and borderless incarnation of organized crime.” In… Source link

Details of alleged collusion between Google and Facebook to squash competition in the online ad space are set to be made public this week, a federal judge has ordered. The judge’s ruling, revealed in court documents on Friday, marks a defeat for Google, which had fought for extensive redactions in an antitrust complaint brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last year. Google had argued that parts of the complaint contained confidential business… Source link

Four Democratic members of Congress are calling for an investigation into whether an alleged secret 2018 agreement between Google and Facebook concerning digital advertising violated federal antitrust law. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mondaire Jones (D-NY) wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting US Attorney General Nicholas Ganjei of Texas asking them to determine whether federal charges might be… Source link

Attorneys general from 36 states and one district are suing Google for alleged anti-competitive practices — this time, over its Google Play app store. The suit turns up the heat on Big Tech companies, which are also facing a growing pile of antitrust suits, fending off bipartisan antitrust legislation from the House of Representatives, and preparing for more intense scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission now that it’s headed by antitrust expert and Big Tech critic Lina Khan. The… Source link

In addition to Wednesday’s suit, Google also faces a suit that the Justice Department and 14 states filed in October, focused on Google’s efforts to dominate the mobile search market; one from 38 states and territories filed in December, also focused on search; and a third suit by 15 states and territories related to Google’s power over the advertising technology. The new case: Wednesday’s suit is the latest challenge to the search giant’s plan to force all app developers who use its… Source link

Associated Press Iraqi militia commander vows to avenge deaths in US strike The leader of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia has vowed to retaliate against America for the deaths of four of his men in a U.S. airstrike along the Iraq-Syria border last month, saying it will be a military operation everyone will talk about. Abu Alaa al-Walae, commander of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad that the electoral victory of Iran’s hard-line… Source link

Warning: The following article contains graphic allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault. This post has been updated with a response from Bauer’s representatives. One day after news broke that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer had been accused of assault, details of his accuser’s account of their interactions has surfaced. A temporary ex parte restraining order filed against Bauer and executed on Monday was obtained by The Athletic’s Brittany Ghiroli and Katie Strang. The… Source link