Starbucks strike to expand to more than 300 stores, union says. Here’s where.
A strike at Starbucks expanded to more than 300 U.S. stores on Tuesday, with about 5,000 employees expected to take part in five days of labor action that will end later in the day, the company’s employee union said.
Workers at more than 60 stores in 12 major cities went on strike on Monday, and the Starbucks Workers Union, which represents workers at 525 stores nationwide, expects the Christmas Eve expansion to be the largest yet.
Lauren Hollingsworth, a barista from Ashland, Ore., said in a union press release: “Half of the baristas in my shop drive 30 minutes each way because they can’t afford to live there. The cost of being closer to work,” she added.
Starbucks pointed out that the approximately 60 stores temporarily closed over the weekend and Monday represented a “very small number” of the more than 10,000 stores in the United States.
“We expect that tomorrow, on Christmas Eve, the union will seek to close more stores,” said Sara Kelly, executive vice president and chief partnerships officer at Starbucks, noting that 97% to 99% of Starbucks stores are not open. will be affected. .
“We are prepared to continue negotiations when the union returns to the bargaining table,” Kelly said in a statement. statement The company released it on Monday. The company cited that statement on Tuesday when asked for comment on the expanded strike.
five day strike starts on fridayplay a role in the holiday shopping season, and expanded to include More stores opened in more cities over the weekend as workers protested a lack of progress in contract talks with the Seattle-based company.
where the starbucks strike took place
In recent days, baristas have taken to picket lines and closed Starbucks stores in 13 metro areas, according to the union. These include the following locations:
- boston
- chicago
- columbus ohio
- Denver
- Los Angeles
- new york city
- Philadelphia
- pittsburgh
- Portland, Oregon
- seattle
- British stone. Louis
- Tucson
The union said active picketing planned for Tuesday includes the following 10 locations:
- Atlanta 10830 Haynes Bridge Road, Alpharetta, GA 12 noon (ET)
- Buffalo, NY 933 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 12:00 PM ET
- Chicago 5964 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 12:00 noon (CST)
- 88 East Broad St, Columbus OH 43215 12 noon (ET)
- Dallas 2300 S Loop 288 Denton, TX 12 noon (CST)
- 3241 N Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 10 AM PST
- New York City: 444 Broadway, New York, NY 12 noon (EST)
- Philadelphia 1528 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 9 a.m. EST
- Portland 720 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 12:00 PM PST
- Seattle Pike Street Roastery, 1124 Pike St, Seattle, WA 1pm PST
According to the union, the company failed to fulfill a February promise to reach a labor deal this year.
Starbucks has proposed an economic plan that would see no current pay increases for unionized baristas and would increase by 1.5% over the next few years, the company’s union said Friday.
Starbucks said the workers’ union ended discussions early this week. The coffee chain said its wages and benefits have reached $30 an hour for those who work at least 20 hours a week.
The union also wants Starbucks to resolve outstanding legal issues, including hundreds of unfair labor practice charges filed by workers with the National Labor Relations Board. The agency has also filed or settled hundreds of charges against Amazon. On Thursday, the day before the Starbucks strike, the Teamsters union declare strike Seven Amazon fulfillment centers.
