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Here's the week's top news on NFTs and the metaverse

After being shunned for years, NFTs took a big step this week.

Fortune · Feb 17, 2023

How big companies like Tesla and Starbucks are fending off unionization

The public is increasingly pro-labor, but big employers are not shy about aggressively fending off unionization.

Axios · Feb 17, 2023

Two Philly baristas were fired after leading organizing efforts. Now Starbucks must rehire them and give back pay

Two Philadelphia Starbucks baristas who were fired in 2020 after helping to launch an organizing effort have won their jobs back, as well as back pay, the National Labor Relations Board has decided.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 16, 2023

Starbucks uses 'cheat sheet' to help staff with tricky Irish names

Ee-Fa and Ka-Hal no longer have to worry about their names appearing wrong on coffee cups

Irish Mirror · Feb 14, 2023

Woman not sure if she can ever go back to Starbucks after finding hidden message on cup

A TikTok user was left feeling rather awkward after noticing a 'smooth' message that had been left for her by a barista on her coffee cup and now doesn't think she can return to the store

Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2023

Tesla workers launch union campaign in New York

Tesla Inc. workers in New York state are launching a unionization campaign, teeing up a potential first for the electric-vehicle maker and the latest labor challenge for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023

Housing development earmarked for area 'already at breaking point'

Parr Bridge Retail Park hosts a wealth of businesses including a Starbucks, a Lidle and a nursery - with much more still to come

Manchester Evening News · Feb 14, 2023

Too few retail execs have the chops to be CEO anymore

Retail boards are struggling with fewer prospects to fill the corner office.

Fortune · Feb 13, 2023

Abuse at the hands of ‘phoney prophet’: Inside cult linked to Constance Marten

Constance Marten’s friends say she wasn’t the same after her time in the cult

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

Short of workers, Washington aerospace industry aims for higher tech, higher wages

Daniele Cagnatel, CEO of Renton, Washington-based Sekisui Aerospace, called Wednesday for a transformation of the low-wage, old-technology model common among Washington state's aerospace manufacturers.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023