Starbucks

The idea of a Starbucks operating in this part of the city — home to taxi drivers, school teachers and government workers — caused rumblings in Mattapan and Hyde Park among some residents who say the major chain is a precursor to higher rents and housing prices in two of the city’s most affordable neighborhoods.

Starbucks workers declared a strike victory Wednesday after 64 days of around-the-clock picketing at their Boston store, the longest strike of its kind in the country.

Before taking the stage at a rally for worker’s rights in Cambridge Sunday afternoon, Sen. Bernie Sanders popped over to Starbucks with a megaphone and a Teamsters hat. At a unionized Starbucks location in Boston, Sanders joined a picket line that has gained national attention as the longest-running strike of its kind in the nation.