Nov 17 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

– Unionized Starbucks workers walked off the job on Thursday to press their demands for contract negotiations and spotlight their complaints over staffing and scheduling issues.

– The tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union reached a ratification on Thursday, making its workers the first of those at the Detroit Three automakers to approve the agreement.

– New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced budget cuts to services on Thursday that would freeze police hiring and close libraries on Sunday and warned that more cuts would be necessary without additional federal funding to manage the migrant crisis.

– SpaceX postponed the launch of the second test flight of its Starship rocket system to Saturday because a part on the rocket needed to be replaced, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on social media platform X on Thursday. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)