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January 8, 2026
Today, union baristas at three new Starbucks stores in Chicago walked out to join the nationwide unfair labor practice strike.
They’re joining dozens of Chicago area baristas who’ve already been holding the line, escalating pressure on Starbucks for illegal union busting and its refusal to finalize a fair contract. Starbucks has had every opportunity to do the right thing and keeps choosing not to. Watch Chicago baristas take action, and cheer them on in the comments.
| Momentum keeps building, and our message is clear. This fight doesn’t end until Starbucks does what it should have done already. More than 225,000 people have signed the “No Contract, No Coffee” pledge to not buy Starbucks until union baristas secure a fair contract. Since the strike began in November, more than 250 partners at 14 stores have won their union elections, and 20 new stores representing hundreds of baristas have filed to unionize. Finalizing a fair union contract would cost Starbucks less than one average day of sales and less than CEO Brian Niccol’s pay for just four months of work in 2024. Affordability isn’t the issue. The company keeps choosing union busting while we struggle to make rent and cover the basics.This escalation matters, and you’re part of it. Public pressure is what helps strikes grow, spread, and win, and we need you helping keep this momentum alive on the picket line and beyond. You’ve already taken the pledge. Now help grow it. Share the No Contract, No Coffee pledge and ask your community to make skipping Starbucks their New Year’s resolution. |
| No Coffee, No Contract! |
| Let’s keep the pressure on. In solidarity, Zarian Antonio Pouncy Starbucks Workers United |
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