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Welcome to Solidarity Saturday, your weekly highlight reel and shortcut to staying plugged in.
Starbucks just launched an AI drink discovery tool. Nothing says “we care about people” like letting ChatGPT suggest a cold brew based on your outfit while baristas are still fighting for a living wage. 
Thanks, but we already know what we want. It’s not a ChatGPT recommendation. It’s a fair contract for baristas. 
Here’s this week’s brew:
New union stores, let’s go.
Congratulations to baristas in Springfield, MO, Santee, CA, and Johnson City, TN, who just won their union elections, joining thousands of union partners at hundreds of stores nationwide. The more of us that stand together, the louder we can demand better staffing, higher pay, and stronger protections. Welcome to the union.
Union stores have protections non-union stores don’t.
If Starbucks closes a location, only workers at union stores can bargain over the conditions of that closure. Seattle baristas just put that to work, winning expanded severance, transfer opportunities, and insurance extensions. That’s the union difference. Starbucks partners, organize your store today! We’ll help you every step of the way.
Let’s talk about what Starbucks actually pays.
The company loves to say baristas make $30 an hour. Here’s what’s actually happening: the median Starbucks worker made $17,279 last year. That’s a part-time barista in the US, at a company with 367,000 employees and more than 21,000 company-operated stores making billions in profits. CEO Brian Niccol makes 6,666x what the average barista does. The math isn’t mathing.
That’s why we’re demanding a $17 base starting wage for the lowest-paid baristas. With just one day of sales, Starbucks can afford it. You know the drill: no Starbucks, no app, not until baristas have a fair contract. 
In solidarity,
Starbucks Workers United
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While we’re finally back at the bargaining table with Starbucks, customers and allies across the country are making sure they know you have our back until we win a fair contract!
On Tuesday, people organized actions in Houston, Orlando, San Francisco, and beyond. They delivered care packages to coworkers. They talked to customers. You showed us that solidarity can show up when we need it most – whether we’re on the picket line or at the bargaining table. And we need every bit of it right now. 
Every action taken is a reminder to Starbucks that we’re fighting hard and customers are standing with us We’re fighting for $17 an hour for the lowest-paid baristas, three workers on the floor always, hours that actually let you pay rent, and protections that mean a manager can’t just make your life miserable without consequence.
Starbucks knows what we want. We’ve been clear. Now it’s about making sure they also know we won’t stop until we get it. The fight is live. Follow us everywhere for real-time updates as bargaining continues. !
Until we have a fair contract, don’t buy Starbucks, and delete the app. 
In solidarity,
Starbucks Workers United
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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