Do you enjoy Starbucks holiday drinks? You might not receive them this week.
Starbucks Workers United declared that baristas in three major markets—Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle—will go on strike beginning Friday.
According to the union, the action is a reaction to the coffee chain’s inability to settle hundreds of unresolved unfair labor practice allegations and to present reasonable economic offers at the negotiating table.
According to its website, the union represents more than 10,500 union employees and more than 500 union outlets. According to the Associated Press, Starbucks owns around 10,000 locations in the United States.
The group stated onX that although Starbucks has made public promises since February that they plan to conclude contracts by the end of the year, they have not yet offered workers a meaningful economic proposition. Starbucks promised a 1.5% salary raise in subsequent years and no immediate pay boost for union baristas this week, less than two weeks before their end-of-year deadline.
According to the group, unless Starbucks fulfills our commitment to work towards a core framework, baristas will begin a five-day strike that could expand to other cities by Christmas Eve. The strikes will begin on Friday morning.
A request for comment from Starbucks, which has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, was not immediately answered.
In the midst of the holiday delivery crunch, the Teamsters union announced strikes at multiple Amazon delivery facilities on Thursday.
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