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January 10, 2026
This Solidarity Saturday comes at a heavy moment.
Earlier this week, ICE killed Renee Good in Minneapolis in an atrocious act of violence that cannot be ignored. Baristas are calling on working people everywhere to stand together against fear, cruelty, and repression. Attacks on immigrant communities are attacks on all workers, and the fight for labor rights is inseparable from the fight for immigrant justice. An injury to one is an injury to all. Our movements are strongest when we refuse to look away and commit to protecting one another and our communities.
From the picket line this week, the fight is growing, more stores are joining, and momentum keeps building. For every union barista on strike, dozens of customers and allies have joined in solidarity. Baristas are fired up, united, and taking action.
ICYMI: Here’s the week’s brew:
Seattle’s new mayor didn’t mince words. In her first speech in office, Mayor Katie Wilson delivered a strong defense of community labor, care work, and the parts of life that do not show up on a balance sheet. She invoked the labor movement’s call for bread and roses and welcomed everyday people into City Hall.
Striking baristas are telling this story themselves. Yahoo News featured a firsthand dispatch from the picket line on why this fight matters for the future of work, dignity, and respect.
One day of sales. That’s all it would take for Starbucks to deliver better pay, stable hours, accessible benefits, and real protections and an end to union busting. Instead, the CEO takes home over 6,000 times more than the average worker, and we’re calling it out.
Little Rock, AR became union win number 666 this week. Another victory as baristas keep organizing new union stores and building power across the country.
Our demands are clear: Starbucks must stop union busting and finalize a fair contract with real pay, stable hours, and worker protections.
This movement is built together. When you refuse to buy Starbucks and invite others in your community to do the same, you are holding the line alongside baristas. Solidarity looks like showing up for one another, again and again.
In solidarity,
Starbucks Workers United
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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