"We baristas are still fighting for a fair contract, and this fight is active and ongoing, said KC Ihekwaba, a barista at Starbucks in Lafayette, Colorado, on a solidarity union call earlier this week. Our fire for change is still burning. Our spirits still strong. What we're asking for has not changed. We're demanding livable wages, stable and predictable hours, and an end to union busting. Starbucks still has not delivered on any of that."
"We have definitely made it known that we deserve a fair contract and union busting has got to stop now, said Christi Gomoljak, a Starbucks barista, during a solidarity call announcing the Delete the App campaign. Gomoljak and her co-workers recently organized a union at the Downtown Disney Starbucks in Anaheim, California, and walked out on strike in November 2025. We are calling on Starbucks customers everywhere to delete the Starbucks mobile app off your pho"
Striking Starbucks baristas are calling on customers to delete the Starbucks mobile app in solidarity with demands for a first union contract. Workers demand livable wages, stable and predictable hours, and an end to union-busting. An unfair labor practice strike began on 13 November, coordinated by Starbucks Workers United, which represents about 11,000 baristas at 576 US stores after more than 600 stores won union elections since December 2021. About 1,000 baristas at nearly 50 stores are currently on strike. The union scaled back strike scope to rotate several hundred to 1,000 workers due to financial burdens and to focus on organizing additional stores.
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