No Contract, No Coffee! Starbucks Baristas Hold Five Days of Escalating ULP Strikes Nationwide Including NYC

Between December 20th and 24th, thousands of Starbucks baristas walked off the job, closing hundreds of stores in 43 states. Together, these were the biggest ULP strikes in Starbucks history. (Pictured: striking workers outside the flagship NYC Reserve Roastery in Chelsea.)

“In September, Brian Niccol became CEO with a compensation package worth at least $113 million. It’s worth a shocking 10,000 times the median hourly wage for a barista,” said Michelle Eisen, a 14-year Buffalo Starbucks barista and bargaining delegate. “In October, we were ready to exchange comprehensive economic proposals. In October, November, and December, Starbucks failed to bring viable economic proposals to the table that included real investment in baristas. This is backtracking on months and months of progress and promises from the company to work toward an end-of-year framework ratification. We’re ready to do what it takes to show the company the consequences of not keeping their promises to baristas.”

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