On Red Cup Day, thousands of Starbucks workers go on strike Hardcore Starbucks fans eagerly await the day the coffee company gives out limited-edition holiday cups. The union organizing Starbucks workers hope those same customers will help support their cause. Vanessa Romo
Trump Organiazation's ex-CFO is on the stand for another day at tax fraud trial Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump's former chief financial officer, takes the stand in a Manhattan courtroom for a second day in the criminal tax trial of the former president's company. Andrea Bernstein
As holidays near, a nationwide rail strike is still on the table. Here's the latest So far, three of 12 unions representing freight rail workers have rejected the contract deal brokered by the Biden administration in September. Those unions are holding out for paid sick leave. Andrea Hsu
Some homebuyers lose deposits of $10,000, $20,000, or more due to high mortgage rates There's a high-stakes tug of war over new homes. Many people who signed contracts before houses were built now are scared to buy them. Builders don't want them to back out and are keeping deposits. Chris Arnold
Amazon plans to lay off 10 thousand employees, following job cuts at Meta, Twitter Amazon will reportedly lay off 10 thousand employees as soon as this week. This follows job cuts at Meta, Twitter and several other tech companies. Laurel Wamsley
These companies ran an experiment: Pay workers their full salary to work fewer days Could a shorter work week be the answer to the UK's productivity problem? Paddy Hirsch
Disney+ users will have to pay $3 more a month for ad-free content Disney+ says its new pricing plan goes into effect Dec. 8, and users will have to pay $3 per month more to preserve ad-free streaming services. Ayana Archie
What Seattle's tech layoffs mean for the region ‘It's not as if Andy Jassy, the Amazon CEO, is waving his wand from the Day 1 tower to do this and might realize tomorrow, as Elon Musk did in Twitter's case, that he made a big mistake.’ -Todd Bishop Kim Malcolm
U.S. fines airlines $7.5 million and they must refund customers for canceled flights Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced action against six airlines but only one is a U.S. carrier; the others are foreign. "It's too little and too late," one consumer advocate says. David Schaper
Job market 'exceptionally tight' as NW tech workers face layoffs, hiring freezes Some of the biggest names in the tech industry are either laying off employers, or implementing hiring freezes for hundreds of workers in the Northwest. Tom Banse
