Starbucks union calls for boycott as contract negotiations drag

Starbucks union calls for boycott as contract negotiations drag

The fight between the union representing thousands of Starbucks baristas and their employer is heating up, as workers call for a boycott.

Starbucks Workers Are Calling for a Nationwide Boycott

Hoping to pressure Starbucks to finally sign a contract with its 12,000 unionized baristas, Starbucks Workers United has called for a boycott of the company. It is asking individuals as well as organizations and unions to stop patronizing the coffee giant.

No Contract? No Coffee.

After five years of trying to get the coffee giant to come to the negotiating table, Starbuck Workers United is calling on the public to sign a pledge to boycott Starbucks with the support of the AFL-CIO and SEIU.The union began in 2021 with a successful union election in a store in Buffalo, NY (archive), and since then, over 700 stores and 12,000 workers have joined the union. In that time, Starbucks has been repeatedly found by the NLRB to hav…