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Welcome to Solidarity Saturday, your weekly highlight reel and your shortcut to staying plugged in.
Today, supporters and baristas across the country are taking action. Showing up at a local non-union store, talking with customers, and inviting them to delete the Starbucks app and stop purchasing until the company settles a fair contract.
After years of organizing, strikes, and public pressure, workers are demanding what they’ve always deserved: a $17 minimum wage floor, real scheduling protections, and more hours for current baristas before new hires, and more. Starbucks has had these proposals for more than a month.
Starbucks says they’re ready to bargain, but we’re still waiting for a response to our proposals. We know one thing though… They can’t say they didn’t see us coming.
Here’s this week’s brew:
Workers Confront Management in Scranton, PA. Watch.
Baristas in Scranton, PA looked their manager in the eye and made it plain: it would take one day of Starbucks sales to make real improvements for workers. One. Day. (Though we hear bad managers might not see much benefit — can’t win ’em all.) This is what courage looks like.
Springfield, MO Says: Enough Is Enough.
The baristas at a Starbucks in Springfield, MO took action together to announce their union. On top of hostile treatment from management, workers across the country are dealing with understaffing, low hours, inaccessible benefits, and harassment. Their message: when we stand together, we have the power to take on corporate greed and win. We couldn’t agree more.
Manhattan, We See You. Congratulations!
Baristas in New York City aren’t waiting around for luck to make their jobs better. Congratulations to Starbucks workers in Manhattan, who just won their union at the Park Row at Beekman St store! The movement keeps growing — and so does our power.
Reminder: don’t buy Starbucks, delete the app, and don’t cave to the Spring menu. Tell everyone you know. Baristas deserve fair pay, real hours, proper staffing, and protections, and Starbucks could make it happen for less than one day’s sales.
In solidarity,
Starbucks Workers United
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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