{"id":133807,"date":"2025-11-15T17:39:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/?p=133807"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:07:49","slug":"dont-buy-starbucks-says-union-as-it-launches-nationwide-strike-against-coffee-giants-unfair-labor-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/dont-buy-starbucks-says-union-as-it-launches-nationwide-strike-against-coffee-giants-unfair-labor-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Don\u2019t Buy Starbucks!\u2019 Says Union as It Launches Nationwide Strike Against Coffee Giant\u2019s Unfair Labor Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-header post-header--conveyor\">\n<div class=\"post-header__text\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<p>As hundreds of Starbucks\u00a0<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/workers\">workers<\/a>\u00a0go on strike across the US to\u00a0<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/protest\">protest<\/a>\u00a0the company\u2019s unfair labor practices, its union is telling customers to boycott the company in hopes of pressuring it to return to the bargaining table to negotiate its first union contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of today, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE,\u201d said Starbucks Workers United, the union representing nearly 10,000 baristas, on\u00a0<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/social-media\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/starbucks-workers-united-launch-strike-boycott\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#68cf8a;border-color:#54a66f;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:8px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;border-color:#96deae;border-radius:10px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-sign-out\" style=\"font-size:20px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i>  <small style=\"padding-bottom:8px;color:#FFFFFF\">Click here for full article at Common Dreams<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As hundreds of Starbucks\u00a0workers\u00a0go on strike across the US to\u00a0protest\u00a0the company\u2019s unfair labor practices, its union is telling customers to boycott the company in hopes of pressuring it to return &hellip; 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