Starbucks workers from Buffalo, New York; Boston; Seattle and elsewhere march in front of Starbucks headquarters on Tuesday. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle TImes)
Starbucks workers march Tuesday in front of the company's headquarters. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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Employees at 2 more Seattle Starbucks locations plan to unionize

Workers at two more Seattle Starbucks locations have joined a nationwide push to unionize the Seattle-based coffee giant. Workers say they face understaffing in high-pressure stores and they want more input on store policies.

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Shi Shi the sea turtle, rescued last year from a Washington beach, euthanized

Gonzaga’s John Stockton speaks to the media during a news conference, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. Stockton was one of eight people inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this Feb. 21, 2020 photo, reusable shopping bags are displayed inside an Amazon Go Grocery store set to open soon in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Following the opening of several smaller convenience-type stores using an app and cashier-less technology to tally shoppers’ selections, the store will be the first Amazon Go full-sized cashier-less grocery store. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Amazon Go's new store format will launch in Seattle suburb

A Trader Joe’s employee, right, monitors the number of customers entering the store for Covid-19 safety in Ballard Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 in Seattle. Reporter David Gutman writes: Trader Joe’s has responded to the Seattle City Council’s recently passed mandate for large grocery stores within the city to raise pay by $4 for their front-line employees. 216292
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Seattle City Council votes to keep hazard pay for grocery workers

A portrait of Andrea Churna is displayed on a table in her parentís home on Dec. 14, 2021. Parents of Churna Michael and Margaret Thomas seek justice for their daughterís death.
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FILE – Supporters of former President Donald Trump converge onto the National Mall outside of the Washington Monument waiting for Trump to speak, in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. The House Select Committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has received a large batch of documents that Trump had sought to keep out of the panel’s hands, citing executive privilege. (Jason Andrew/The New York Times) XNYT146 XNYT146

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Pete Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten, left, appears on stage with him after addressing a crowd of some 1,000 people at the Showbox Theater Tuesday. South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Democratic candidate for President in 2020, talked about his candidacy Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at the Showbox Theater in Seattle, WA. 210952
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Senior biologist Allan Jan feeds Methuselah, a 4-foot-long, 40-pound Australian lungfish that was brought to the California Academy of Sciences in 1938 from Australia, in its tank in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) CAJC301 CAJC301

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John Gillotte stands for a portrait at home in Manhattan on Jan. 25, 2022. Gillotte was infected with COVID in March 2020 when he was living in Seattle. Hospitalized and on a ventilator for several days, he experienced long COVID symptoms that lasted for months. A study, published Jan. 25, 2022, by the journal Cell, found four factors that can be identified early in a person’s coronavirus infection which appear to increase the risk of having lasting symptoms weeks later. (Joshua Bright/The New York Times) XNYT194

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This elevated shrimp & grits recipe featuring asiago and chorizo is an homage to the Southern roots of the author’s family.

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Daniel J. Evans, Seattle, State Representative; Republican nominee for governor Evans Prefers ‘Gov. Dan’ Washington’s governor-elect Thursday solved one of his weightier problems: It will be Gov. Dan Evans, not Gov. Daniel J. Evans said he preferred use of the less formal name in the news media. Credit: Robert Heilman,. 1964

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Husky Stadium – University of Washington Huskies vs. UCLA Bruins – 101621 Washington Huskies linebacker Zion Tupuola-Fetui howls as the team breaks a huddle before the start of a game against the UCLA Bruins Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Seattle. 218525

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“Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine” by David Heath.

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Photography

Washington Huskies forward Lauren Schwartz tries to go for the steal as Oregon Ducks guard Sydney Parrish, left, passes the ball to forward Sedona Prince during the second quarter. Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 in Seattle, Wash. 219370
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Photos: Oregon at UW in NCAA women’s basketball VIEW

Mark Giordano lays into Adam Raska, and draws the 5-minute penalty for fighting in the 2nd period. The San Jose Sharks played the Seattle Kraken Thursday, January 20, 2022 at Climate Pledge Arena, in Seattle, WA. 219271
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First time on skis, Sujal Bhandari gets instructions in bending and learning control from John Thomsen at the Mini Mountain Indoor Ski Center in Bellevue. They’re on an angled moving carpet controlled by Thomsen. Sujal is seven. Ref to more photos online Indoor ski lessons on a moving carpet at Mini Mountain in Bellevue. LO linesonly Saturday January 8, 2020 219275
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Washington’s Nate Roberts puts on the emphatic jam as the Huskies become the aggressors to strt the game against Cal. The bucket gave Washington a quick 4-0 lead on the Golden Bears. The California Golden Bears played the University of Washington in NCAA Men’s basketball Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Alaska Airlines Arena, in Seattle, WA. 219287
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