NY Starbucks union baristas walk out on Red Cup Day in push for contract talks

Record ID: 2272837

  • Title: NY Starbucks union baristas walk out on Red Cup Day in push for contract talks
  • Date: 13th November 2025
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF STARBUCKS WORKERS PROTESTING IN FRONT OF STARBUCKS IN LOWER MANHATTAN, HOLDING SIGNS THAT READ (English) "UNBREARABLY OVERWORKED," "SUPPORT STRIKING WORKERS" (SOUNDBITE) (English) REY SHAO, 23, STARBUCKS SUPERVISOR AT 2 BROADWAY, MANHATTAN, SAYING:  "My name is Rey, and I'm a supervisor at this loca
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  • Keywords: 65 stores Starbucks Starbucks Workers United coffee collective bargaining agreement holiday sales open-ended strike union baristas walkout
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Company News Markets,Economic Events,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA001178213112025RP1
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  • Story Text: More than 1,000 Starbucks unionized baristas in over 40 U.S. cities launched an open-ended strike on Thursday (November 13), intensifying their push for a collective bargaining agreement over pay and other benefits at the coffee giant.
    Starbucks workers could be seen outside locations in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, among others. 
    The walkout will begin with 65 stores, the Starbucks Workers United said, coinciding with the Red Cup Day, a busy sales event that typically drives higher customer visits at more than 17,000 coffee houses in the U.S.
    So far, there has been minimal impact with less than 1% of stores seeing any disruption, a Starbucks spokesperson told Reuters.
    The union, which represents employees at about 550 U.S. stores, plans to rally at 4 p.m. local time in more than a dozen cities and warned the strike could become the largest and longest in the history of Starbucks.
    Stores in cities, including Seattle, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Austin, and Portland, will join the work stoppage, it said. Some locations had already shut down for the day, a union spokesperson told journalists on a media call.
    The union represents roughly 9,500 workers, or 4% of its cafe workforce, Starbucks has said.
    (production: Aleksandra Michalska)
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