Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail

Thousands of Starbucks workers across a hundred cities are nearly one month into an expanding, nationwide unfair labor practice strike in protest of the coffee giant’s “historic union busting and failure to finalize a fair union contract,” according to Starbucks Workers United, the barista union that has spread to over 650 stores since its birth in Buffalo four years ago.
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Over 1,000 Starbucks Workers Go on Strike on Company’s “Red Cup Day”

More than 1,000 Starbucks workers across over 40 U.S. cities launched a strike on Thursday, putting the company on blast for stonewalling unionized workers at the bargaining table for six months now despite having the widest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the country. The strike spans from coast to coast, encompassing 65 stores, according to Starbucks Workers United. There is no set end date to the…
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