The barista, Austin Locke, worked at a recently-unionized Starbucks in Astoria from October 2016 until July 5, when he was terminated after having been out sick for a few days, states a complaint filed Thursday by the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
The emergency declaration aims to empower the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to crack down on sellers that are price gouging the hard-to-find infant formula.