By Breaking Editor 
Members of Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) are escalating their efforts to secure a fair contract, urging customers to boycott Starbucks and delete the company’s mobile app as a form of protest. The union has called attention to ongoing issues such as low wages, chaotic scheduling, and alleged illegal union-busting tactics by the company.
In various cities, members are engaged in ULP (Unfair Labor Practice) strike where they withdraw from hostile work environments. Wage theft, hourly tip theft and other forms of workplace exploitation define their daily experience. At this point, organizers, like Sarah Clements, are hoping to raise their profile and that of their cause. A ,a href=”https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-our-starbucks-baristas-ulp-strike”>gofundme for surviving the strike is crucial at this point.
Posts from various social media accounts associated with the union advocate for solidarity among coffee drinkers, encouraging them to withdraw their financial support for Starbucks until negotiations yield a satisfactory agreement for baristas. “Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting,” stated one prominent Twitter user supporting the initiative.
Starbucks employees highlighted the company’s prioritization of promotional costs over fair labor practices, with claims that millions are being spent on marketing while staff conditions remain neglected. The union emphasized the disparity, contrasting marketing budgets with the need for better wages and benefits for workers.
“It’s amazing how much companies spend on union-busting when they could just pay workers fair wages & give them good benefits,” remarked a user on BlueSky. This sentiment resonates with many who believe that a significant shift is needed in corporate policy concerning employee welfare.
The movement, Starbucks Workers United, seems determined to leverage customer influence to bring about change. They assert that the support of the public is crucial in pushing for a historic first union contract, which has been a long-standing goal for baristas nationwide Nonetheless, Starbucks is politically adept, manager oriented and clever when it comes to union busting. Time will tell whose successful in this stalemate.