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Wide spectrum of class struggles at Labor Notes conference

Chicago The 2022 Labor Notes conference, sponsored by the magazine of the same name, brought 4,000 worker-activists to Chicago June…

June 26, 2022

Boston Starbucks workers strike for safety

Boston May 31 — Less than a month after their May 3 vote to unionize, workers at the Cleveland Circle…

June 3, 2022

Starbucks, Amazon workers need a rainbow of class solidarity

But at one Starbucks store after another, LGBTQ+ workers are among those voting overwhelmingly for a union. They know that…

June 3, 2022

Starbucks workers, rewriting history

Portland, Oregon May 14 — A fiery passionate crowd of 70 Starbucks workers and supporters protested at Portland’s Jantzen Beach…

May 20, 2022

Starbucks baristas challenge CEO

On April 30, WW managing editor, Monica Moorehead, interviewed 25-year-old Beto Sanchez and 22-year-old LaKota McGlawn, two of seven fired…

May 13, 2022

WW speaks with fired Starbucks workers: ‘We were able to stoke the fires of workers everywhere’

On April 30, WW managing editor, Monica Moorehead, interviewed 25-year-old Beto Sanchez and 22-year-old LaKota McGlawn, two of the seven…

May 9, 2022

Boston union to Starbucks’ Schultz: “We don’t want your NFTs or union busting!”

It quickly turned into a celebration with TikTok dancing when dozens of Starbucks workers, unionized baristas from Pavement Café and…

April 22, 2022

Portland tells Starbucks: “Union coffee is hot”

Portland protesters rallied April 16 in front of a Starbucks location which is one of nine city stores trying to…

April 20, 2022

No justice, no coffee!
Starbucks workers ongoing fight against union busting

Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, called a boycott April 2 to protest the unjust firing of Angel…

April 5, 2022