Numerous Philly Starbucks Stores Join Nationwide Strike
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Some Philadelphians were unable to get their morning fuel this morning as their go-to coffee supply has been cut short… for now.
Workers from a reported five different Starbucks coffee shops in Philadelphia have joined forces and took to the picket line outside of a Starbucks store at 16th and Walnut streets
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The workers on strike are hitting the picket lines until Christmas in an effort to secure better pay.
Noah Dixon, a barista at one of the loations, told NBC10’s Neil Fischer that the strikes could be solved for a fraction of what the company is paying its newest CEO Brian Niccol.
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“Starbucks made the claims that they were going to come to the bargaining table with us and for three months they’ve put no real economic proposals on the table,” said Dixon. “In the meantime, they’ve hired a CEO, who is paid the equivalent of 10,000 baristas. Even though they seem to think it’s impossible to pay us more. For context, our union is only 11,000 people, so if they cut this one guy’s salary, the could pay us all double, but they are only willing to offer us 1.5 percent.”
Last week, workers at Starbucks stores in Seattle, Los Angeles and Chicago announced plans to go on strike until Christmas.
The Starbucks Workers United union has said that, since then, workers in New Jersey, New York, Denver, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Philadelphia, and St. Louis have all joined in the strike.
“Nobody wants to strike. It’s a last resort, but Starbucks has broken its promise to thousands of baristas and left us with no choice,” said Fatemeh Alhadjaboodi, a 5-year Starbucks barista from Texas, in a statement released by the union. “In a year when Starbucks invested so many millions in top executive talent, it has failed to present the baristas who make its company run with a viable economic proposal and resolve the pending unfair labor practices. This is just the beginning. We will do whatever it takes to get the company to honor the commitment it made to us in February.”
Information from this article was sourced from NBC10 Philadelphia.
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