"It’s abysmal & shameful that ownership is paying one man more for an afternoon of name calling & personal attacks than many full-time employees make in a week."
@TabletopWU
is standing strong against the company's constant attacks during bargaining!
NOW: Starbucks workers in Massapequa, LI on wildcat strike due to understaffing and a broken mobile ordering system.
Customers came to pick up their drinks only to learn their orders had not been received. But the manager refused to turn off mobile ordering.
@SBWorkersUnited
SOLIDARITY IN ACTION: UPS Teamsters have refused to cross the picket line to deliver to the NYC Starbucks Roastery 🔥
Thank you
@804_local
for your solidarity with
@SBWorkersUnited
on strike at the Roastery - it's a beautiful thing! 😍
Welcome to the movement Hex & Co!!
Workers at the three-location board game cafe chain, including the largest board game cafe in Manhattan, confronted management today to demand union recognition. 🔥🔮
HAPPENING NOW:
@SBWorkersUnited
workers have walked out and are ON STRIKE over management's failure to address urgent health and safety issues.
Conditions at the Roastery are unsafe for workers and customers. Come support workers on the picket line TODAY!
61 9th Ave in NYC!
Congratulations to
@SBWorkersUnited
partners in Farmingville, NY who just won their union election 13-1!! 🥳
Farmingville now is the third unionized Starbucks on Long Island ❤️🔥
TODAY: Workers at the Brooklyn Strategist, a popular board game cafe in Cobble Hill, demanded union recognition by confronting owner Jon Freeman w/ a petition signed by more than 75% of workers.
Freeman is co-owner of Hex&Co, where workers demanded union recognition last month.
On this day in 1911, 146 garment workers, mainly young immigrant women, were killed when the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught fire and they were locked inside.
110 years later, too many workers - particularly in this past year - still face unsafe working conditions everyday.
A union grows in Brooklyn – last night brought a unanimous victory, 15-0!
Welcome to our newest
@sbworkersunited
union store at Lafayette Ave & Grand Ave in Clinton Hill. Stop by and show them some love ❤️🔥
TODAY: Workers at both union Starbucks in Astoria engaged in a simultaneous work stoppage to protest hours cuts and short-staffing.
Hours cuts are a union busting tactic – they mean lower pay, disqualification from benefits, more stress and longer wait times for customers.
TODAY: Workers at the NYC Roastery are continuing their strike and picket line!
Show your solidarity with
@SBWorkersUnited
by coming out to the picket line - 61 9th Ave in Manhattan.
Check out
@SBWorkersUnited
partners in Great Neck and Bath Beach rocking their union pins at work! 😍
From coast to coast,
@SBWorkersUnited
partners are now brewing
#unionyes
☕️. We love to see it!
TAKE ACTION: Yesterday
@Starbucks
fired Joselyn, a 7-year partner in Great Neck and union leader.
This is the second firing of a union leader in downstate NY after Austin was fired earlier this month.
NEW YORK: We must show Starbucks that this is unacceptable! Take action 👇
SOLIDARITY IN ACTION: This morning, a
@Teamsters
who delivers liquor for the NYC Starbucks Roastery REFUSED to cross the picket line to complete the delivery! 🔥🔥🔥
@SBWorkersUnited
workers are on DAY 10 of a STRIKE and are so appreciative of the solidarity ✊
.
@hexworkers
made history tonite, becoming the 1st union board game cafe company in NYC!!
Dealing with relentless anti-union misinformation spread by owners Greg May and Jon Freeman for the last 6 weeks, makes the landslide victory that much sweeter! Congrats to the workers!
Starbucks posted $3.3 billion in profits last year & used the money to become the most prolific union buster in modern U.S. history.
Today we're all over NYC asking customers to join us in
#StarbucksSolidarity
with workers ✊️
JOIN US:
Today, 94 downstate NY electeds are welcoming
@HowardSchultz
back to
@Starbucks
by standing in solidarity with
@SBWorkersUnited
and urging him to sign the Fair Elections Principles.
NY's leaders know that workers have a RIGHT to organize, & Starbucks must respect that right!
🚨🚨TODAY is the first
@SBWorkersUnited
strike in NYC!!🚨🚨
Workers at the Williamsburg Reserve are striking over unfair labor practice charges. Join them on the picket line!
BIG NEWS: NYC is suing Starbucks for firing Austin, a
@SBWorkersUnited
leader from
@DitmarsSBWU
.
Just in time for Labor Day, Starbucks secures another spot in the union busting hall of fame, with this being the first litigation the city has pursued under the just cause law.
Mayor Adams’ administration suing Starbucks over allegations corporation unlawfully fired Queens barista who had been involved in unionization efforts — marking first time city has taken legal action under landmark 'just cause' labor law
GAME OVER:
Workers at the Uncommons, a popular board game cafe in the w. village announce their unionization! They are the final store in the Hex&Co family of stores to demand recognition, following on the heels of efforts at the Brooklyn Strategist and Hex & Co. Welcome! 🔮🐉🔥
Starbucks workers from NYC, Long Island, CT, & NJ are on strike TODAY!
This is part of
@SBWorkersUnited
's week-long
#StrikeWithPride
.
Come join our picket outside the Astor Pl Starbucks (13-25 Astor Pl) from 12-3pm.
🧵 on what workers are demanding 👇
Starbucks workers across the country are striking this week over Starbucks’ treatment of queer & trans workers. We know that workers rights ARE queer & trans rights. Here’s just some of the things we’re fighting for —
BREAKING:
@SBWorkersUnited
NYC Roastery strikers ended their strike and returned to work today after winning major concessions from the company, including:
➡️Improved maintenance, inspection, and training
➡️Free at-home pest remediation
➡️A date for contract bargaining!
.
@Starbucks
: union-busting isn't working:
“Having a union represent our interests, having us collectively bargain for better working conditions & wages, is more important since this happened.” - Mark Mao, partner at Roastery manufacturing team, where 100% of members signed cards!
Buoyed by successes at Starbucks stores in Buffalo, four locations —three in NYC, including Astor Place and in the Meatpacking District— are joining a nationwide effort to unionize.
Another unanimous victory - this time at the Williamsburg Reserve!
@SBWorkersUnited
partners just won their union 10-0, making that cafe the second unionized Starbucks in Brooklyn!! And the third unanimous victory in a row in downstate NY❤️🔥
✨️It's Red Cup Rebellion!!!
More than 100
@SBWorkersUnited
stores across the country are on strike, including in NYC and on Long Island. Get out to a picket line today to support workers!
#RedCupRebellion
BIG NEWS: The NLRB ruled that Starbucks illegally fired
@SBWorkersUnited
union leader Rhythm from the Astor Pl Starbucks.
Rhythm has been a strong union leader since the beginning of the campaign and never stopped fighting and organizing, even after they were illegally fired ✊
Thank you Majority Leader
@SenSchumer
for adding your voice to the letter to
@Starbucks
CEO
@Kevin_Johnson
!
@SenSchumer
has supported the unionization efforts of Starbucks partners since day one and we are grateful for his solidarity!
Today
@SBWorkersUnited
workers from NY and NJ visited the Starbucks NYC HQ to deliver a petition outlining their bargaining proposals and demanding that the company come to the table and bargain in good faith.
Happy
#MayDay
!
Farmingville
@SBWorkersUnited
workers are on a ULP STRIKE TODAY over the unfair firing of Brendan Lopez.
Workers went to NYC deliver a letter to their former manager Joey, who was recently promoted to the regional HQ.
He refused to come out and speak with them.
BIG DAY: Workers at the Starbucks/AmazonGo in Times Square join the
@SBWorkersUnited
movement!
This is the first union filing at a Starbucks/AmazonGo and the first filing in the highly profitable Times Square district.
TODAY:
@SBWorkersUnited
workers at Astor Pl are on strike for the first time!! Workers are on a ULP strike over the employer's illegal withholding of credit card tipping from union stores.
Stop by the picket to support them ✊️
13-25 Astor Pl
10am-5pm
NEW:
@SenGillibrand
,
@AOC
, and local elected officials in downstate NY where
@SBWorkersUnited
leaders have been fired sent a letter to Howard Schultz and Starbucks management urging the company to cease the pervasive union-busting campaign and to reinstate fired workers 🔥
🚨Update: After
@SBWorkersUnited
workers at the Westbury store demand increased staffing allocations, their manager announced that he’s increasing scheduled hours!
When workers take action, workers WIN!
"We stand united in pursuit of the changes that we deserve." 🔥
Yesterday
@SBWorkersUnited
members at the Westbury union store led a march on the boss and work stoppage to demand increased staffing.
Workers AND customers deserve proper staffing levels. Simple as that!
WOW: After Starbucks made a unilateral policy change w/o consulting workers or considering how it would impact them,
@SBWorkersUnited
took action, went on strike & WON!!
Direct action is how we get to the win & a contract is how we will hold them to it!
Last week, the first
@SBWorkersUnited
union leader in NYC was fired. Starbucks is willing to do anything to stop this movement, but it will not work.
Our union and the NYC labor movement stands behind Austin from
@DitmarsSBWU
.
Great turnout today in Queens in solidarity with Austin from
@DitmarsSBWU
! NYC is clearly behind the
@SBWorkersUnited
movement and will not tolerate Starbucks' union busting!
NEW: Letter to
@Starbucks
CEO
@Kevin_Johnson
from downstate NY elected officials shows immense support for and solidarity w/
@SBWorkersUnited
and
@WorkersUnitedNY
!
TY to the 76 NY elected officials who signed-on to tell Starbucks that they will not tolerate union busting in NY!
BIG NEWS: the
@SBWorkersUnited
union campaign hits the Big 🍎 and Long Island!
Partners at FIVE shops in Manhattan, Brooklyn, & LI have announced that they are joining the movement w/
@WorkersUnitedNY
! This includes the 1st Roastery & 1st manufacturing team to go public! 🔥☕️
BIG NEWS: NYC now has its first independent cafe with a union contract!!
Through their unique union contract, workers have transformed the Daily Press into a cooperatively run cafe and bar, where all operational decisions are made DEMOCRATICALLY!
Good morning and happy
#RedCupRebellion
to all! Scabby was up early today in Farmingville, where the strike forced the cafe to close.
Shout out to all the strikers in Astoria, Williamsburg, Astor Place & Westbury also striking today, alongside 1000s of other workers nationally!
HAPPENING NOW: We are outside
@Nike
in NYC to tell COO Andrew Campion, a
@Starbucks
board member, to stand with
@SBWorkersUnited
! Great leaders don't back union busting - it's bad for business.
This is not the 1st time Starbucks has told elected officials not to take photos. Managers have even told workers not to *speak* to electeds when they come in to show support.
Too bad all these dirty tactics haven't stopped 100+ stores from unionizing w/
@SBWorkersUnited
🙃 🤷🏼♀️
Has anyone ever been told they can’t take pictures in a Starbucks? Me either. Until today. 🧵
Every worker has the right to form a union. It’s how my family entered the middle class when my grandfather unionized the cement plant he worked for in the ‘50s.
Join
@SBWorkersUnited
on the picket line in NYC TODAY!
Workers are on day 3 of a strike over management’s failure to respond to urgent health & safety issues including a moldy ice machine that is currently in use and bed bugs found in the break room, and their failure to bargain
We're on strike and ready to march in NYC Pride!! Workers rights ARE queer & trans rights 🌈
Workers are demanding Starbucks negotiate a first contract with union stores to improve working conditions and protect workers from discrimination and harassment ✊️
They would be the first board game cafe in NYC to unionize. Workers are demanding a liveable wage, adequate staffing and a transparent path to promotion.
"I have loved the job and the people I work with, but I haven't been able to afford a life here." 👇
As the
@SBWorkersUnited
movement heats up on Long Island, the political support grows! 🔥☕️
From Montauk to Valley Stream, elected leaders are standing with Starbucks partners and urging CEO
@Kevin_Johnson
to respect workers' right to organize. Union-busting has no place here!
"I am so happy that with the union we have a voice!!"
Big congrats again to our newest
@sbworkersunited
members in Lynbrook, LI for their win on Friday and victory rally today!! Ya'll are inspiring!
Austin was illegally fired by Starbucks in July and is finally being reinstated with full back-pay – the 1st order of its kind under the city’s fast-food worker just cause law.
Join us on Mon. Feb 27th at 9:30am to celebrate as he clocks in for his first shift back ✊❤️☕
NEW: The unionized workers of Cards Against Humanity stand with
@hexworkers
,
@bstratunion
and
@UncommonsUnited
in their fight for a union!
This solidarity is what the labor movement is all about! ❤️🔥✊
The 1st union store in Brooklyn is also on strike today!!
Almost seems like if Starbucks actually gave workers a seat at the table and negotiated in good faith they'd be able to smooth out some glitches in the system and better serve their customers. Just sayin'
#StarbucksStrike
Ceasar’s Bay joined our union fam in
@SBWU_Massapequa
on a wild cat strike bc management is refusing to turn off the mobile & deliveries when the system wasn’t printing out the orders.
@SBWorkersUnited
@SBWUNYCmetro
Great turnout last night in Great Neck for the solidarity rally supporting fired union leader Joselyn!
The Long Island labor movement is making it clear to Starbucks that their union busting is unacceptable. We will continue to fight!
We showed up and showed out at
#NYCPride
!
Striking Starbucks workers from NYC, LI, NJ and CT came together to confront Starbucks corporate on their performative progressivism and to demand they negotiate a contract that protects queer & trans workers!
TODAY
@hexworkers
delivered a petition w/ 1,100+ signatures urging
@HexAndCompany
mgmt to recognize their union.
Instead of respecting the 75%+ of workers who decided to form a union, mgmt is demanding a secret ballot election.
👇These are classic anti-worker talking points 🧵
NYC: Come out on DECEMBER 9TH to celebrate the one year anniversary of
@SBWorkersUnited
winning its first union election and to call on Starbucks to STOP UNION BUSTING!!
Friday, December 9th
City Hall Park
1:30pm
The labor solidarity in Staten Island is strong! Great turnout today to support
@SBWorkersUnited
workers as they rallied to ensure that their store will reopen with the same workers after renovations and protested the company's union busting.
#NoContractNoCoffee
THURSDAY: Join
@SBWorkersUnited
workers and allies for a rally outside the NYC Roastery!
Workers have been on strike for two weeks over health and safety issues and the company's refusal to bargain.
📌61 9th Ave (between 14th and 15th)
⏲️1:30 PM
It's a beautiful day for a picket line!
Come out and support
@SBWorkersUnited
in Williamaburg who are on strike for unfair labor practices!
154 N 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
And support workers by taking the
#NoContractNoCoffee
pledge:
TODAY: Long Island faith leaders and Nassau County
@LegislatorBynoe
marched on
@Starbucks
management in Westbury to demand the reinstatement of Anthony, a
@SBWorkersUnited
leader who led a march on the boss in October and was unjustly fired weeks later.
"We stand united in pursuit of the changes that we deserve." 🔥
Yesterday
@SBWorkersUnited
members at the Westbury union store led a march on the boss and work stoppage to demand increased staffing.
Workers AND customers deserve proper staffing levels. Simple as that!
Check out this new interview with Arianna, a
@SBWorkersUnited
partner in NYC!
"It's almost surreal to know you can come together with others and really build upon something that you believe in."
@TheRealNews
@maximillian_alv
🔥 Starbucks partners at
@astoriablvdSBWU
just won their union election unanimously 11-0, making that the FIRST UNIONIZED STARBUCKS IN QUEENS!! 👑🥳
@SBWorkersUnited
HAPPENING NOW:
@SBWorkersUnited
and allies are rallying at City Hall Park to celebrate the one year anniversary of the movement's first union election and tell Starbucks that we will not stand for its union busting!! ❤️🔥
What a year it's been!
Today, two more stores in downstate NY filed for union election, including the first store to file on Staten Island (Forest Ave. & Bard Ave.), and a store in Wantagh, Long Island, the fourth store to file in Nassau County!!!
Our fight for a contract continues!
The biggest
@SBWorkersUnited
national strike yet is happening this week! Here's how it's shaping up in our region. Go support your local picket!!
#RedCupRebellion
#tobeapartner
That’s not all folks! The Lynbrook partners on Sunrise highway are ALSO organizing a union. Over 360 Starbucks stores across the country have now filed for union elections.
JOIN US for the unveiling and dedication of the Triangle Fire Memorial on Wednesday.
As we honor the 146 workers - mostly immigrant teenage girls and young women - who were killed, we must also commit ourselves to fighting to ensure that all workers have safe & dignified jobs.
NOW:
@SBWorkersUnited
members at Astor Pl just sent a letter to management demanding pay during an emergency store closure.
This is another example of
@Starbucks
thinking it can cut hours and pay on a whim - this is inhumane and unlawful.
No way. Workers are fighting back!!
BIG WIN for
@SBWorkersUnited
on Long Island: Yesterday the NLRB filed a federal lawsuit claiming that Starbucks retaliated against unionizing workers at the Great Neck location by firing the lead organizer and threatening workers.
More here:
Tabletop workers are not here to play. Welcome to the union
@UncommonsUnited
! A total shutout, 10-0.
They join their union sibs
@hexworkers
who won a landslide victory in November – and
@bstratunion
is up next!
Starbucks baristas are underpaid and understaffed. One of
@sbworkersunited
’s key bargaining proposals is full staffing for both employees and customers.
Short Staffing = Venti Wait Times.
@starbucks
needs to come to the bargaining table!
#RedCupRebellion
TOMORROW:
@SBWorkersUnited
workers at the NYC Roastery have been on strike for more than two weeks over health and safety issues and the company's refusal to bargain - show your solidarity at the rally on the picket line!
📌61 9th Ave (between 14th and 15th)
⏲️1:30 PM
The bargaining unit will include approximately 75 employees including baristas, bartenders, retail workers, afterschool program workers and 'dungeon masters' (people who run the games!) 🐉🐉
Some 🔥 pics from our action yesterday at Starbucks Corporate HQ in Manhattan – if you don't come to the bargaining table, we will bring our demands to you!
@SBWorkersUnited
Photo cred:
@JennyBrownLN
@labornotes
As
@Starbucks
' anti-pride actions show us what this company truly values, workers are celebrating pride as a union and building a movement that centers queer and trans rights ❣️
Some beautiful photos of LI Pride taken by Sam from
@SBWorkersUnited
in Farmingville!
Yes yes yes – workers at Lafayette & Grand in Brooklyn, who filed for a union election earlier this month, doing a work stoppage in solidarity with the
#RedCupRebellion
strike!
Today’s the day – workers at REI SoHo get our chance to vote
#UnionYES
! We’re standing strong together for the seat at the table we deserve. Stay tuned.
#REIunion
WEDNESDAY: Join
@SBWorkersUnited
on Staten Island for a rally as they prepare to bargain over their working conditions during a temporary store closure!
Location: the FIRST unionized Starbucks on Staten Island (480 Forest Ave)!
Time: 12pm
"I am extremely elated at the news of our store voting to unionize. Yet another great victory in the resurgence of labor movements in America.” - Sean from the FIRST
@SBWorkersUnited
union store on Staten Island!!
Starbucks, stop breaking our hearts!
There were leafleting actions at 100+ Starbucks yesterday, including 4 in NYC/LI, to protest hours cuts and union busting.
Shout out to the 1st union Starbucks in Brooklyn for their multilingual flyers 😍😍😍
@M_e_g_a_Megan
@SBWorkersUnited
On Monday, Starbucks workers from NYC, LI & NJ, w/
@nycpa
Jumaane Williams, made a surprise visit to regional HQ to deliver their bargaining demands bc SB refuses to negotiate.
Thanks to the 20+ electeds including
@AOC
,
@JerryNadler
&
@MarkLevineNYC
who signed on in support!
Off-shift workers at the first unionized Starbucks in Brooklyn (Ceasar’s Bay!) talk with customers on the 1 year anniversary of their union win! Check out that beautiful timeline 🥹
HAPPENING NOW: After their manager kicked them out for standing up for their union rights,
@SBWorkersUnited
workers in Lynbrook are picketing outside the store and customers are standing with them and turning around!
JOIN THEM: 839 Sunrise Highway, Lynbrook, NY
"This is my dream job. But I will not risk getting infected with bed bugs or sick due to mold."
- Kent, baker at the NYC Roastery
Workers shouldn't have to go on strike over simply wanting proof that their workplace is safe. Our demand is simple: show us the report!
TY to all those who came out today!
The strike will continue TOMORROW! Come show your solidarity with
@SBWorkersUnited
on the picket line, starting at 9 AM.
Workers are on strike over urgent health and safety issues as well as the company's failure to bargain with the union.
HAPPENING NOW:
@SBWorkersUnited
workers have walked out and are ON STRIKE over management's failure to address urgent health and safety issues.
Conditions at the Roastery are unsafe for workers and customers. Come support workers on the picket line TODAY!
61 9th Ave in NYC!