More than 110 stores will be closed due to the labor strike.
You were n’t alone if you pull up to your local Starbucks store today and get that all of your common baristas were not there or were standing out front with protest signboard . At least 2,000 workers are on tap as of November 17 , which is the largest demonstration yet fromStarbucks employees preach for their rights . In December 2021 , the first corporate - ownedStarbucks saw workers successfully form a sexual union . Less than a yr later on , there are hundreds of unions or doer intending to form brotherhood across the land .
Their efforts have met a lot of electric resistance from Starbucks executive , who have vocally pushed back and have even mother in trouble with theNational Labor Relations Boardfor the corporation’sconduct and intervention of employees .
Starbucks Workers United , the chemical group organizing trades union endeavor , called today ’s smash the Red Cup Rebellion . " Why are baristas across the nation on smasher today ? " the grouping wrote in an Instagram post . " Starbucks Workers United is conducting a countrywide ULP Strike over the company ’s refusal to bargain in adept faith . actor across this campaign are also bid for the fellowship to fully staff our pairing stores , because we know that Short Staffing = Venti Wait Times . "
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allot to theWashington Post , which has extensively covered the labor effort happening at Starbucks , there have been other Starbucks strike before , which have last up to 20 days but have never let in so many stores at once . The move follow after Starbucks executives refused to cope with with any of the 264 memory board that have successfully voted to unionize . The map below show which stores are participating in the strike , which presently includes 112 stores .
" Starbucks reckon they can tangle their feet in bargaining , and we ’re here to show them we rise up against their tactics and we mean business — by shutting down theirs , " the post from SWU continues .
TheWashington Postreported that some even client were informed of the strike in advance and that customers link up the prole on the picket bloodline in funding . Starbucks Workers United has asked anyone who wishes to support the rap effort today to sign the#NoContractNoCoffee pledgeand regard donating to theworkers ' Solidarity Fund .
