On Friday, Burbank Starbucks baristas exchanged their work aprons for picket banners. They are participating in a five-day walkout alongside employees at other unionized Starbucks locations in order to obtain collective bargaining agreements.
With a sign on the door alerting customers that they will be closed for the day, the Alameda Avenue store, which typically opens at 4:30 a.m., is closed on Friday mornings. Early in the morning, workers were outside with placards that said, “No Contract, No Coffee.”
One more Burbank Along with outlets in Chicago and Seattle, Starbucks on Shelton is joining the strike on Friday. In the United States, Starbucks operates almost 10,000 company-owned locations.
Starbucks has not fulfilled a February commitment to establish a labor agreement, according to Starbucks Workers United, the union that has organized employees at 535 company-owned U.S. locations since 2021. The union claims that hundreds of unfair labor practice accusations are still pending despite the February agreement’s commitment to address legal concerns.
Unfair labor practice strikes were scheduled to start Friday in the three major cities in an effort to restart negotiations. According to the union, unless a collective bargaining deal is achieved, they will intensify daily, with additional sites joining in, eventually reaching stores from coast to coast.
According to the union, the business recently put out an economic proposal that would give unionized baristas a 1.5% pay raise in subsequent years but no new wage increases at this time.
According to Starbucks, it has negotiated more than 30 agreements with the union and has participated in nine negotiation sessions since April. Workers United abruptly ended a bargaining session this week, according to the firm. “We are prepared to carry on negotiating in order to get to an agreement. In a statement, Starbucks added, “We need the union back at the table.”
Starbucks claims that baristas who put in at least 20 hours a week already receive $30 per hour in wages and benefits, which include paid family leave and free college tuition.
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