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December 13, 2025
Welcome to Solidarity Saturday! Your weekly highlight reel and your shortcut to staying plugged in. This week marks one full month of the open-ended ULP strike, and workers are only turning up the volume. Thursday brought the largest expansion yet, with hundreds of new union baristas walking off the job in 34 cities.
That brings us to 3,800 baristas across 180 stores in over 130 cities holding the line together. One month in, this is the longest national ULP strike in Starbucks’ history, and workers aren’t backing down.
Every week makes it clearer: this movement is growing because workers are leading, communities are listening, and solidarity keeps showing up in new ways.
Here’s the week’s brew:
Global solidarity went international
Workers and unions in 10 countries took action this week in support of US baristas, including actions in the UK, Turkey, and Istanbul. These protests were organized in solidarity with the Chicago 48-hour action and sent a clear message across borders: baristas are not fighting alone.
Just because baristas are on a national ULP strike doesn’t mean organizing slows down. In the last few weeks alone, 8 stores won union elections, bringing over 150 more baristas into Starbucks Workers United, while workers are actively on strike.
Shout out to our new union stores in Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Florida. That’s worker power in action.
Are you a Starbucks barista thinking about the union? Get in touch and take the first step.
A brand-new hire refused to cross the line
A new Starbucks worker showed up for their first shift, saw their coworkers on strike, and refused to scab. Instead, they joined the picket line. That’s powerful solidarity in real time. We love to see it!
This fight keeps growing because supporters like you keep showing up. Thank you for being here!
In solidarity,
Starbucks Workers United
P.S. Baristas are calling for a nationwide Stop Buying Starbucks Day of Action on December 15. Join in by hosting a leafleting action outside a non-union Starbucks store! We’ll send a full toolkit, flyers, and a training invite.
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