Columbia Starbucks Workers Join Nationwide Strike as Union, Coffee Chain Fight over Contract

Hollywood labor adds star power to the Starbucks workers’ strike

LOS ANGELES—A warm cup of coffee can ease an early morning on film and TV sets, but cultural workers are rebuking Starbucks as they show solidarity with striking union baristas. Hollywood actors added their voices to the thousands supporting the nationwide unfair labor practice (ULP) strike by Starbucks workers at a rally on Dec. 16. The “Red Cup Rebellion”—the name given to the Starbucks strike—is well underway, after over 1,000 union baristas …

Little Rock Starbucks workers join nationwide strike

“We are fighting for better pay, better staffing, better treatment of all of our employees nationally and worldwide,” barista Elio Thompson said.

Columbia Starbucks workers join nationwide strike as union, coffee chain fight over contract

The unionized workers at a Starbucks on Millwood Avenue in Columbia, South Carolina, joined the “Red Cup Rebellion” on Dec. 18, joining thousands at the chain’s coffee shops nationwide.