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Workers at US landscape company sue ex-Trump ally over human-trafficking raid

Employees at the Utah company Rubicon are filing a lawsuit against former state attorney general Sean Reyes

Workers at Rubicon, a landscape company that was subjected to a televised human-trafficking raid led by former Utah attorney general and Trump ally Sean Reyes filed a federal complaint on Tuesday alleging Reyes and his office “violated the law to attack a Utah company for political purposes”.

The workers are seeking recompense after alleging that Reyes and other officials at the Utah office of the attorney general used false information to file a case against the company that caused enormous damage but was later dismissed.

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© Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

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‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott

Unfair labor practice strike on ‘red cup day’ in over 40 cities comes amid stagnant negotiations with coffee chain

More than a thousand Starbucks workers have commenced a strike in more than 40 cities across the US on Thursday amid stagnant negotiations with the world’s largest coffee chain over a first union contract.

On the company’s annual “red cup day”, hailing the start of the lucrative holiday season, Starbucks Workers United is launching an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, with rallies planned in locations including New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; and Anaheim, California.

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© Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

© Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

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