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Telling executives to “strive harder,” hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company’s lack of progress on climate goals and an inequitable return-to-office mandate during a lunchtime demonstration at its Seattle headquarters Wednesday. The protest came a week after Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect returning workers to the office three days per week.

A pop-up shop will feature a rotating lineup of minority- and women-owned retailers in the M&T Bank Federal Hill branch through mid-August.

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Employees at the Starbucks on U.S. Route 40 in Ellicott City have filed to unionize with an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), becoming the fifth location in Greater Baltimore to do so in roughly a year. Workers at the location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on May 25 stating their intent to join the Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board, an affiliate of SEIU that has been behind the national Starbucks Workers United organization effort.

“Pop-ups” have been a Baltimore thing since before that phrase existed. For a century or more, vendors have hustled Baltimore’s streets to sell snowballs, crab cakes, oysters and more. This year, the number of pop-ups in Baltimore is truly eye-popping. They are reinvigorating the city’s vacant spaces and serving everything from buttermilk biscuits to Neapolitan pizza.

After serving more than a decade as CEO of the Howard County Economic Development Authority (HCEDA), Lawrence F. Twele announced he will retire from his role on June 30. Twele spearheaded numerous initiatives led to business expansion in Howard County, from attracting top-tier companies to championing small business development and commitment to fostering economic opportunities and nurturing local businesses.

The Prince George’s County, Maryland, council has voted in favor of the Better Bag Bill, which will ban plastic bags and add a 10-cent fee for each paper bag used at retail stores across the county. Retailers will also be required to post signage about the charge. The bill received unanimous support from the council.

LifeBridge Health announced on Tuesday that an executive at one of Arizona’s largest hospitals will become the new president of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Grace Medical Center. Amy Shlossman, chief operating officer at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, will become the new president and chief operating officer of the two Baltimore intuitions in July.

Keith Redmond wasn’t thrilled when Giant Food closed one of the entrances to its supermarket in Bowie, Md., because it created a longer walk to the pharmacy for his elderly father. So when Redmond spotted company president Ira Kress walking past oranges in the produce section recently, he made a point of politely voicing his concerns for his father.