Author: Emily Harper

Starbucks employees staged a major walkout this holiday season, culminating on Christmas Eve with expanded labor action across the country. While the Starbucks Workers United union claimed the strike affected more than 300 stores and involved around 5,000 baristas, Starbucks reported that about 170 locations remained closed, leaving 98% of its 10,000 stores operational during the busy holiday period. Growing Strikes Amid Labor Disputes The walkouts, which began on Friday, escalated over the weekend and reached their peak on Tuesday, as workers in over 60 stores across 13 cities participated. The union cited frustrations over stalled contract negotiations, particularly around…

American Airlines resumed service Tuesday morning following a brief system outage that grounded flights across the United States during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The airline attributed the delays to a “vendor technology issue,” and boarding resumed around 8 a.m. ET. Despite significant delays, the airline managed to avoid widespread cancellations. The Cause of the Outage The Allied Pilots Association revealed that American Airlines’ Flight Operations System (FOS), crucial for managing flight departures and passenger boarding, went down briefly. While the airline did not confirm the specific system impacted, it acknowledged that the outage temporarily halted…