Coverage dated December 19, 2024

Starbucks workers walk off job, begin striking in LA, other cities

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Workers are striking over unfair labor practices and stalled negotiations.

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Foxla
Starbucks workers walk off job, begin striking in LA, other cities (opens Foxla)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Foxla's feed description
Workers are striking over unfair labor practices and stalled negotiations.
ABC 13 Houston
Starbucks workers union announces pre-Christmas strike in 3 major cities (opens ABC 13 Houston)
Published Dec 19, 2024
ABC 13 Houston's feed description
11,000 unionized baristas at over 530 Starbucks locations are going on strike at company-owned stores after negotiations broke down.
Boston
Starbucks workers plan strikes that could spread to hundreds of U.S. stores by Christmas Eve (opens Boston)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Boston's feed description
Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.
Los Angeles Times
Starbucks baristas in L.A. and other cities go on strike over elusive contract (opens Los Angeles Times)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Los Angeles Times's feed description
Baristas at hundreds of Starbucks in California and elsewhere in the U.S. plan to strike in the days before Christmas as plans to negotiate a contract stall.
KOB 4
Starbucks workers begin strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve (opens KOB 4)
Published Dec 19, 2024
KOB 4's feed description
Workers at U.S. Starbucks stores have begun a five-day strike to protest a lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. The strikes began in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle and could spread to hundreds of stores across the country by Christmas Eve.
Investopedia
Starbucks Baristas Begin Strike in Several U.S. Cities (opens Investopedia)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Investopedia's feed description
Unionized Starbucks baristas in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle have gone on strike in a pay dispute with the giant coffee retailer.
Anchorage Daily News
Starbucks workers plan strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve (opens Anchorage Daily News)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Anchorage Daily News's feed description
Workers at Starbucks stores are planning to go on a five-day strike to protest a lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.
Fox32 Chicago
Starbucks baristas to strike in three cities, including Chicago (opens Fox32 Chicago)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Fox32 Chicago's feed description
Starbucks workers in Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle plan to strike starting Friday.
Forbes
Starbucks Workers Start Holiday Strike—What To Know And Where Workers Are Picketing (opens Forbes)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Forbes's feed description
Everything we know about a Starbucks workers strike poised to last through the company’s holiday rush.
MyNorthwest
Starbucks baristas begin five-day strike in Seattle, LA, Chicago (opens MyNorthwest)
Published Dec 19, 2024
MyNorthwest's feed description
Starbucks baristas are going on strike Friday in Seattle, Los Angeles and Chicago after contract negotiations broke down earlier this week.
NBC Los Angeles
LA Starbucks baristas to begin strike on Friday, union says (opens NBC Los Angeles)
Published Dec 19, 2024
NBC Los Angeles's feed description
Starbucks baristas will begin an escalating five-day strike beginning Friday morning, Starbucks Workers United announced Thursday.
Newsweek
Starbucks workers announce five-day strike from Friday to Christmas Eve (opens Newsweek)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Newsweek's feed description
Starbucks workers across the U.S. will start a five-day strike Friday, demanding progress in stalled labor contract talks.
MyNorthwest
Unionized workers at US Starbucks stores plan strikes starting Friday (opens MyNorthwest)
Published Dec 19, 2024
MyNorthwest's feed description
Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. The
UPI
Starbucks baristas in Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle to strike through Christmas Eve (opens UPI)
Published Dec 19, 2024
UPI's feed description
Unionized Starbucks baristas in Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle were set to go on strike Friday, covering 525 locations through Christmas Eve to highlight stalled negotiations.
Quartz
Starbucks workers in 3 cities are on strike before Christmas (opens Quartz)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Quartz's feed description
Rolling strikes are expected to continue until Christmas Eve
Philadelphia Inquirer
Starbucks workers plan strikes Friday that could spread to hundreds of U.S. stores by Christmas Eve (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description
The strikes are scheduled to begin in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.
New York Post
Starbucks workers strike ahead of Christmas rush (opens New York Post)
Published Dec 19, 2024
New York Post's feed description
Workers at Starbucks stores in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle will begin a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.
ABC 7 Los Angeles
Starbucks workers union announces pre-Christmas strikes across the country, including Burbank (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)
Published Dec 19, 2024
ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description
Workers United said that unfair labor practices and stalled negotiations with the company are the catalyst behind the holiday season strike.
Delaware Public Media
Starbucks workers say they will begin a strike in 3 cities on Friday (opens Delaware Public Media)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Delaware Public Media's feed description
Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United said in February they had come to common ground in moving forward for the rest of the year. But the union says Starbucks has not kept its end of the commitment.
The Stranger
Starbucks Workers Union Launch “Strike Before Christmas” (opens The Stranger)
Published Dec 19, 2024
The Stranger's feed description
Bitter negotiations between Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) have reached a breaking point. On Thursday night, SBWU announced that in response to the company’s failure to bargain in earnest, they will launch five days of escalating walkouts starting Friday, December 20.
NBC New York
Starbucks baristas strike in three U.S. cities during pre-Christmas rush (opens NBC New York)
Published Dec 19, 2024
NBC New York's feed description
Starbucks baristas are striking in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle.
Digital Journal
Starbucks workers to start US strike on Friday: union (opens Digital Journal)
Published Dec 19, 2024
Digital Journal's feed description
Workers at Starbucks will walk off the job Friday in three US cities in a strike their union threatened could spread around the country in the busy run-up
KTVZ Bend
Starbucks union goes on strike in three cities (opens KTVZ Bend)
Published Dec 19, 2024
KTVZ Bend's feed description
By Chris Isidore, Vanessa Yurkevich and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Members of Starbucks Workers United staged their first strike in 13 months Friday and plan an escalating strike between now and Christmas Eve in what would become the union’s largest work stoppage since the organizing …
The Oregonian
Starbucks could see worker strikes spread across country by Christmas Eve (opens The Oregonian)
Published Dec 19, 2024
The Oregonian's feed description
The strikes by baristas and other workers were scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle and could spread to hundreds of stores across the country.
NBC News
Starbucks union announces strike to last through Christmas Eve in 3 major cities (opens NBC News)
Published Dec 19, 2024
NBC News's feed description
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