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Starbucks to pay workers $35 million in NYC’s biggest-ever labor law settlement
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Starbucks to pay about $35M to NYC workers to settle claims it violated labor law
New York City officials say Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut…