Starbucks workers hold strike vote and plan for pickets to force first contract
Union says world’s largest coffee chain engaged in bad faith bargaining and stonewalled over contractUnionized Starbucks workers across the US are casting their votes on whether to hold a strike amid anger over pay and conditions at the world’s largest coffee chain, and allegations it breached...
<p>Union says world’s largest coffee chain engaged in bad faith bargaining and stonewalled over contract</p><p>Unionized <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/starbucks">Starbucks</a> workers across the US are casting their votes on whether to hold a strike amid anger over pay and conditions at the world’s largest coffee chain, and <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-fight-to-unionize-starbucks-by-the-numbers/">allegations</a> it breached labor laws by engaging in bad faith bargaining.</p><p>Starbucks has faced a rapid wave of mobilization since 2021. Starbucks Workers United, a union representing baristas at the chain, has won elections at <a href="https://unionelections.org/data/starbucks/">more than 650</a> of its locations in 45 states and the District of Columbia, representing more than 12,000 workers.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/31/starbucks-workers-strike-vote">Continue reading...</a>
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