US EditionStarbucks workers union launches strike in at least 40 cities on chain’s key holiday sales day
Over 1,000 unionized Starbucks baristas strike at 65 stores in 40 U.S. cities demanding better pay, hours, staffing, and resolution of unfair labor practice charges, union said.
- On Thursday, Nov. 13, Starbucks Workers United launched an open-ended strike at around 65 locations in 40 cities to disrupt Starbucks' busiest annual sales day, Red Cup Day.
- After stalled talks since April 2024, national bargaining collapsed over economic proposals and company backtracking, while Starbucks Workers United filed over 1,000 unfair labor practice complaints.
- SBWU represents over 12,000 workers across more than 550 unionized stores, with more than 92% strike authorization vote and over 1,000 participating workers involved in the actions.
- The company stressed it would maintain service and, according to Jaci Anderson, 'most locations will operate normally' despite fewer than 4% of U.S. stores being unionized and less than 1% disruption.
- Facing mounting pressure, Starbucks Workers United warned the strike could become the largest and longest in company history as lawmakers and investor groups urge bargaining amid flat traffic and store closures under Brian Niccol, Starbucks CEO.
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How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado
On Feb. 14, 2022, a Starbucks manager pulled Michaela Sellaro aside for a meeting. Just a few weeks earlier, Sellaro and a group of her fellow baristas at the coffee shop at 2975 East Colfax Ave. in Denver informed the company’s CEO that they planned to organize a union. In the early afternoon, at a table by the windows, the store and district managers sat Sellaro down for a chat. The message, though light and breezy, was clear: “You know Starbu…
How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado
On Feb. 14, 2022, a Starbucks manager pulled Michaela Sellaro aside for a meeting. Just a few weeks earlier, Sellaro and a group of her fellow baristas at the coffee shop at 2975 East Colfax Ave. in Denver informed the company’s CEO that they planned to organize a union. In the early afternoon, at a table by the windows, the store and district managers sat Sellaro down for a chat. The message, though light and breezy, was clear: “You know Starbu…
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