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Working Lunch Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Nearly three years after the first Starbucks baristas in Chicago unionized, 11 workers and supporters were arrested by Chicago police after staging a sit-in inside one of
the first union Starbucks cafes in the city Tuesday. Starbucks workers said they wanted to put pressure on the Seattle-based coffee giant to finalize a contract with the union on the eve of the company’s annual shareholder meeting scheduled Wednesday. And on the transit front, Metra is considering renaming all of its lines as the rail agency prepares to take over operation of three Union Pacific routes. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Get news alerts | Top business stories | Real estate | | | | More than three years after the first Starbucks baristas unionized in Buffalo, New York, the coffee workers have yet to reach a first collective bargaining agreement with the company. | | | | | But first, Metra and Union Pacific must resolve a compensation dispute that has spurred Metra to sue the freight railroad. | | | | | Phase three of the project will include structural rehabilitation for 19 bridges and pavement patching throughout the 7.5-mile corridor from the I-94 split south to downtown. | | | | | The celebrity chef will launch Sorella by Giada at the Aurora casino and the more casual Sorellina at the Joliet one; both are Italian restaurants. | | | | | Shake Shack is the first new restaurant in the city’s long-awaited Block 59 entertainment complex. | | | |
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