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To: Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol
Unionized Starbucks workers are going on strike. Don’t cross their picket lines!
Unionized Starbucks baristas are going on strike until Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol comes back to the negotiating table to give Starbucks Workers United workers a FAIR CONTRACT!
Baristas at over 550 locations have unionized in the last few years, but Starbucks executives have refused to address the core demands of workers for better staffing, higher pay, and a resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice charges.
Ahead of the November 13 strike launch, workers have shut down the Downtown Disney Starbucks. There is no doubt that unionized baristas are serious. And this strike could spread to more than 25 cities across the country.
“Union baristas mean business and are ready to do whatever it takes to win a fair contract and end Starbucks’ unfair labor practices,” said Michelle Eisen, a longtime barista and spokesperson for Starbucks Workers United. “We want Starbucks to succeed, but turning the company around and bringing customers back begins with listening to and supporting the baristas who are responsible for the Starbucks experience.
Why is this important?
Starbucks has committed more than 500 labor law violations and still has hundreds of unresolved unfair labor practice charges against the corporation. Instead of negotiating a contract to pay workers fairly, address rampant staffing issues that hurt workers, and improve working conditions, Starbucks has engaged in union-busting and continued paying its CEO over $90 million.
“Our fight is about actually making Starbucks jobs the best jobs in retail. Right now, it’s only the best job in retail for Brian Niccol,” said Jasmine Leli, a 3-year Starbucks barista and strike captain from Buffalo, NY.
More than 100 lawmakers, including Senator Bernie Sanders, have written to Starbucks executives urging them to resume contract negotiations with unionized workers. Investors have even expressed concerns about the path of Starbucks under Niccol given the store closures and poor treatment of Starbucks Workers United under his watch.
Starbucks Workers United are asking people not to cross their picket lines while they’re on strike in order to show executives that customers stand with workers!
Sign the petition: Stand in solidarity with Starbucks Workers United. Don’t cross Starbucks picket lines!
