1+ week, 1+ day ago  (479+ words) Starbucks will resume contract negotiations with Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) baristas in April after 131 days on strike, the union announced Tuesday.Starbucks did not immediately return Atlanta Civic Circle's request for comment. Thousands of unionized Starbucks baristas walked off the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (568+ words) One of Atlanta's most high-profile affordable housing efforts seems stuck in a holding pattern, with key questions about how the city will pay for it unanswered. Keep up with all things affordable housing-related in metro Atlanta by getting our twice-a-month…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (529+ words) The Atlanta Zoning Review Board on Thursday advanced a proposal to build a 47-microunit apartment building for unhoused seniors in residential Kirkwood, to the chagrin of the neighborhood groups trying to kill the project. Keep up with all things affordable…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (448+ words) Teamsters joined unionized Avis airport workers to rally for higher pay on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ahead of their upcoming contract negotiations." About 50 International Brotherhood of Teamsters leaders from across the country joined local Democratic politicians for the rally…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (663+ words) Eastside Atlanta residents on Tuesday night overwhelmingly rejected a rezoning proposal for a 47 micro-unit apartment complex to provide supportive housing to homeless people over age 62. Many said the proposal is too dense for a residential neighborhood and voiced concerns about…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (618+ words) About 60 unionized Atlanta Starbucks workers have been able to continue their open-ended strike for a union contract since Nov. 13, thanks to support from the community, Starbucks Workers United's (SBWU) strike fund, and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Atlanta chapter....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (445+ words) Mayor Andre Dickens on Wednesday unveiled 100 studio apartments that will provide permanent homes and supportive services for unhoused Atlantans, as part of the city's Rapid Housing Initiative. But the ribbon-cutting celebration at the newly built Waterworks Village, just west of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (753+ words) Starbucks baristas at unionized stores in Alpharetta and Roswell walked off the job and shut down both stores for the coffee giant's "Red Cup Day" launching its busy holiday season." The 44 local baristas joined over 1,000 striking Starbucks Workers United (SBWU)…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (589+ words) Unionized Starbucks baristas in metro Atlanta will join a national strike on Thursday to disrupt one of the coffee chain's busiest days " in a push to secure a contract after almost four years of delayed and stalled negotiations. Starbucks Workers…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (782+ words) Atlanta food pantries are scrambling to fill widening gaps in the social safety net as the federal government shutdown stretches into its fifth week." Food insecurity is rapidly spreading for Atlanta families since the federal government failed to make SNAP…...