Starbucks

Starbucks Corp. plans $2.5 million in work at five locations in the Jacksonville area.

Over a thousand employees at 112 Starbucks, including two Jacksonville locations, went on strike Thursday to protest what they say has been a pattern of retaliation and an unwillingness to negotiate from the company's management.

The coffee shop at 9940 Southside Blvd. is undergoing a $150,000 renovation. It is expected to be done by late October.

Workers at Jacksonville's first unionized Starbucks are demanding the same $15 per hour minimum pay that went into effect Monday at non-unionized stores.

Two Jacksonville Starbucks stores voted to unionize Tuesday, following a Tallahassee Starbucks that was the first to unionize in Florida last week.

City Council member Randy DeFoor said she's logged more than 400 complaints about traffic backing up into U.S. 17 from the coffee shop at 4265 Roosevelt Blvd.

A jury found that a Starbucks in Fernandina Beach put Sherry Gold at risk with a dangerous design to accommodate more customers.

The Starbucks at San Marco Square and the Starbucks at San Jose Boulevard and Ricky Drive have made the effort to unionize. A vote next month will determine if they're successful.

A political committee that supports Florida Governor Rick Scott has released an attack ad against a woman who confronted him in a Gainesville Starbucks. A…