Saba Waheed

Director, UCLA Labor Center

Director of the UCLA Labor Center

Saba Waheed on KCRW

Federal labor regulators are looking to forcibly reopen six Los Angeles area Starbucks locations, and labor researcher Saba Waheed says it just might happen.

Federal government might force Starbucks to reopen LA stores

Federal labor regulators are looking to forcibly reopen six Los Angeles area Starbucks locations, and labor researcher Saba Waheed says it just might happen.

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