Starbucks workers in major cities across the US are participating in a five-day strike, escalating their demands for better working conditions and fair pay. The strike, organized by Workers United, began Sunday and is expected to continue until December 24th, coinciding with the company's busiest season. Workers allege Starbucks engaged in unfair labor practices and bad faith bargaining during negotiations.
Starbucks workers in more major cities have joined a growing strike that is now in its third of five planned days of escalation ahead of ChristmasBaristas from a store in Philadelphia's Center City were on the picket line Sunday morning.
"In a year when Starbucks invested so many millions in top executive talent, it has failed to present the baristas who make its company run with a viable economic proposal and resolve the pending unfair labor practices," she said. The union said that five days of escalating strikes would continue until Dec. 24 during what it called the company's busiest days of the year.
"These walkouts, over unresolved unfair labor practice charges and the company's failure to offer a serious economic package, are just the beginning," Fluhr wrote in an op-ed that ran in Fast Company last week. Workers United, however, claims that the coffee giant has failed to deliver a "serious economic proposal."
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