Bloomberg A US labor official granted a request by Arizona workers at Starbucks Corp. to hold an election that could expand the new unionized foothold at the retail coffee chain, rejecting the company’s arguments against holding store-by-store votes. The National Labor Relations Board’s regional director ordered that ballots be mailed out January 14 to employees at a store in …

  Bloomberg US labor board prosecutors are trying to violate Whole Foods Market’s copyright and constitutional rights by forcing it to let employees wear “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) masks at work, the Amazon.com Inc. subsidiary claims. In a December 17 filing with the National Labor Relations Board, Whole Foods denied the agency general counsel’s allegations that the company violated federal …

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc.’s Indian unit petitioned the country’s Supreme Court against a halt on an arbitration case against Future Retail Ltd.’s asset sale to Reliance Industries Ltd., according to people familiar with the filing. Amazon urged the top court to lift the halt ordered on Jan. 5 by a high court and is likely to seek an early hearing …