Key takeaways:
- Hundreds of Starbucks stores across the United States are set to go on strike this week.
- The strike is in response to the company’s “treatment of queer & trans workers” and is a “call for Starbucks to recognize and respect the rights of its workers.”
- The strike is expected to be a major test for Starbucks, which has long been seen as a progressive company.
Hundreds of Starbucks stores across the United States are set to go on strike this week after the coffee giant and the union representing baristas clashed over claims that the company was not allowing Pride month decorations in its union stores.
The union, Starbucks Workers United, said more than 150 stores representing nearly 3,500 workers have pledged to join the strikes, which will take place over the next week. The union also said that more than two dozen additional stores are voting on strike authorizations and the count could rise to nearly 200 stores by the end of the week.
The dispute began last week when the union alleged that dozens of U.S. stores were not allowing employees to decorate for Pride month. Starbucks responded by saying that they are unable to make “unilateral changes” without bargaining in union stores.
The strike is set to begin in Seattle on Friday and is expected to spread to other cities in the coming days. Starbucks Workers United said the strike is in response to the company’s “treatment of queer & trans workers” and that it is a “call for Starbucks to recognize and respect the rights of its workers.”
The strike is expected to be a major test for Starbucks, which has long been seen as a progressive company. It remains to be seen how the company will respond to the strike and the demands of the union.
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