US EditionStarbucks Union Says 30 More US Stores Are Joining Week-Old Strike
The strike involves about 2,000 baristas at 95 stores, demanding better pay, staffing, and resolution of unfair labor practice charges, with no end date set.
- The Starbucks union said it will now be striking at 95 stores in 65 cities, with some 2,000 baristas engaged in the action.
- Workers United said the majority of stores where strikes were held had to close down on the first day due to staffing issues.
- The union began organizing at Starbucks in 2021 and now represents more than 11,000 workers across over 550 stores.
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Starbucks barista strike expands nationwide days after Mamdani's call for boycott
The Starbucks union says its strike has expanded to over 30 locations throughout the country, with the latest work stoppage hitting a store in Albany, NY, days after after New York City's socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani called for a boycott of the chain.
More than 1000 trade union baristas continue their indefinite unemployment; they denounce low wages and unfair labour practices
Workers at Columbia Starbucks location join nationwide strike
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers at a Columbia Starbucks location on Thursday joined a nationwide strike. Around 11 employees were seen outside the location on Vandiver Drive on Thursday morning chanting and holding signs. A press release from Starbucks Workers United – the union that represents the employees -- says around 2,000 union baristas around the country went on strike after the two sides did not come to an agreement on a contract. SBWU nam…
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