Starbucks pushes back against efforts to unionize

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<p>Today, the National Labor Relations Board will mail union ballots to Starbucks employees at three locations in New York. <a href="https://apple.news/ASryZ5rRBTrWVr9yadxJjzw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> explains that it could result in the first Starbucks union in the U.S.</p> <p>Leaked recordings from a 1999 NRA conference call following the mass shooting at Columbine High School show the organization once considered taking a sympathetic approach to these kinds of tragedies. <a href="https://apple.news/APq2k0vgrQDONDwIXM8t8Tw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story.</p> <p>During the pandemic, teachers learned that many students are juggling outsize familial responsibilities in addition to homework. The <a href="https://apple.news/AYp7jWMrbTjOYmGMhFsT0Rg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> found that educators are reevaluating how to grade assignments.</p> <p>Today, the National Labor Relations Board will mail union ballots to Starbucks employees at three locations in New York. <a href="https://apple.news/ASryZ5rRBTrWVr9yadxJjzw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> explains how it could result in the first Starbucks union in the U.S.</p> <p>Leaked recordings from a 1999 NRA conference call following the mass shooting at Columbine High School show the organization once considered taking a sympathetic approach to this kind of tragedy. <a href="https://apple.news/APq2k0vgrQDONDwIXM8t8Tw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story.</p> <p>During the pandemic, teachers learned that many students are juggling outsize familial responsibilities in addition to homework. The <a href="https://apple.news/AYp7jWMrbTjOYmGMhFsT0Rg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> describes how educators are reevaluating the ways they grade assignments.</p> <p>For the first time since 1982, the NBA has swapped out Spalding basketballs for Wilson ones. <a href="https://apple.news/AWXhAioANSreDtcbPnsX9IQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS Sports</a> reports that shooting is down as players struggle to adjust.</p>