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Welcome to Solidarity Saturday, your weekly highlight reel and shortcut to staying plugged in.
Turns out you can’t automate your way out of accountability. Starbucks’s revolutionary AI agent (which miscounted inventory and got in the way of baristas) has been quietly retired like it never happened. They also admitted that cutting staff to automate had failed. Who could have seen that coming? 
The lesson remains the same: invest in your baristas. Stop union-busting and settle a damn contract! 
As a reminder, baristas are asking you: delete the app, don’t buy Starbucks, and share this with everyone you know.
Without further ado, here’s this week’s brew:
Cienna, a barista whose store just won the 700th Starbucks union election, talks about how organizing empowers workers to improve their jobs. Seven 
Hundred Elections No signs of stopping.
Rep. John Larson stood with SBWorkers United baristas in West Hartford who are still fighting for a fair contract — and helped force a vote on Rep. Donald Norcross’s Faster Labor Contracts Act. It passed. When companies drag their feet, legislation can hold their feet to the fire.
Providence Says Union Yes (and So Does the Cat)
Baristas at the University Heights store in Providence, RI just won their union!!! The cat on the premises is not part of the bargaining unit, but reportedly told local reporters that all union-busters deserve hairballs in their shoes. 😉
When both Democrats AND Republicans agree that Starbucks’s union-busting is out of line, you know it’s bad. Companies shouldn’t be allowed to rack up federal complaint after federal complaint for refusing to negotiate with their own workers. And yet…
The baristas keep winning anyway. See you next Saturday. 
In solidarity,
Starbucks Workers United
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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