Overview
- Workers United says roughly 3,000 baristas from more than 145 stores across over 105 cities are participating in an open-ended unfair labor practice strike that began on Red Cup Day.
- New York police arrested 12 demonstrators for disorderly conduct outside the Empire State Building after protesters blocked an entrance during a union rally.
- New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced a $38.9 million settlement with Starbucks for hundreds of thousands of Fair Workweek violations since 2021.
- Starbucks says sales have not been affected, reports a record Red Cup Day, and says 99% of its 17,000 U.S. stores remain open, while noting 55 of the 145 strike locations were closed.
- The parties are not in active negotiations after talks collapsed late last year, as workers press for improved scheduling, higher wages, and resolution of numerous unfair labor practice cases with support from SEIU and AFL-CIO.