Support Starbucks Workers United
Stand Together
Support Starbucks baristas in their fight for a union and a fair contract.
WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW:
Join thousands of supporters who are backing their demands. Sign the "No Contract, No Coffee" pledge, and commit to not crossing a picket line.
BACKGROUND
For more information on Starbucks Workers United and how you can help, check out the Starbucks Workers United website.
Starbucks partners around the country are experiencing the same, systemic problems. Every day across the U.S., they're dealing with issues like short staffing, unpredictable scheduling, low pay, rising healthcare costs, harassment, broken equipment, and unfair discipline. That's why baristas began taking action to stand up to management. They saw that through worker-to-worker organizing, it was possible to address systemic issues by taking a unified stand – and that workers can only lock in lasting change through a fair union contract.
Right now, Starbucks Corp. and Workers United are not engaged in active contract negotiations. Talks fell apart in December 2024 when Starbucks backtracked on the path forward, and workers waged the largest strike in the coffee giant's history. They entered into mediation in February 2025, but it didn't amount to much. Hundreds of barista delegates from union stores voted down Starbucks' latest economic package in April 2025. Progress has been made on tentative agreements. There are 33 TAs in place, which will tangibly improve Starbucks workplaces.
Starbucks now needs to come back to the table with new proposals that address the remaining core demands. For less than what they paid CEO Brian Niccol last year, Starbucks can finalize fair contracts with 12,000+ union baristas.
Starbucks baristas three remaining core demands:
We demand better hours to improve staffing in our stores. Understaffing is rampant, leading to longer wait times as customer orders stream in. Yet too many baristas still aren't getting enough hours to pay the bills or meet the threshold for benefits. Starbucks needs to invest in increasing our hours.
We demand higher take-home pay, so we can pay our bills. Too many baristas struggle to get by, while executives make millions. Starbucks needs to put more money toward our take-home pay.
We demand resolution for hundreds of outstanding unfair labor practice charges for union busting. The coffee giant has committed more labor law violations than any employer in modern history. Starbucks needs to fully resolve legal issues impacting baristas.
Support Starbucks baristas in their fight for a union and a fair contract, and pledge not to cross the picket line by not patronizing any Starbucks store when baristas are on strike.
How does this help the fight against fascism and authoritarianism?
Our local unions have been joining the fight against this regime and its excesses. They have extraordinary power to coordinate civil resistance alongside us. To strengthen our anti-fascist, anti-authoritarian movement, we need to build our people power - and one of the most successful ways of doing that, historically, has been by building our unions.
Besides - when workers win, we all win. Union wages help set the norm for non-union jobs. And the more we all unionize our own workplaces, the more power we all have against this fascist, corporate oligarchy.