[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to tell Starbucks: Stop tearing down Pride flags in
stores, let workers show their Pride!

Dear MoveOn member,

Across the country, Starbucks workers like me are on STRIKE because
managers have been tearing down Pride flags in Starbucks stores—and that’s
just their latest attack on LGBTQIA+ workers.^1

[ [link removed] ]Will you sign my petition to tell Starbucks to stop tearing down Pride
flags and to stop silencing queer and trans workers?

Starbucks managers have threatened workers that unionizing could
jeopardize our access to existing benefits.^2 It was an attempt to scare
us out of organizing—but we're not backing down.

So, just this weekend, 21 stores temporarily closed as we went on strike
over Starbucks’ hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers and their
illegal union-busting campaign.

[ [link removed] ]John, Starbucks workers like me need all of the support we
can get.

Ever since we began our fight for union rights, Starbucks has been coming
down hard on queer, trans, and nonbinary workers. That’s included:

• Firing queer and trans worker-leaders unionizing for better wages,
benefits, and workplaces.^3

• Threatening to take away available benefits for workers, including queer
and trans workers.

• Tolerating harassment and abuse of queer workers.^4

And yet, Starbucks still has the guts to claim that they support trans and
queer workers. If Starbucks really wanted to support us, they would listen
to us, listen to our concerns, and meet us at the bargaining table in good
faith.

[ [link removed] ]Will you rise in solidarity with queer and trans Starbucks workers and
sign the petition to tell Starbucks to do better?

Starbucks must stop tearing down Pride flags in stores, let workers show
their pride, and stop harming workers who are organizing unions NOW!

[5]Sign the petition

Starbucks’ hypocrisy hits especially hard during Pride Month. So many of
us came to work here because of their stated progressive values. But it’s
clear to queer baristas like me that Starbucks doesn’t care about LGBTQIA+
workers—or any of its workers for that matter.

We won’t tolerate Starbucks’ anti-worker bullying—not during Pride Month
or any other month.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to sign my petition in solidarity now, and then pass it
along to three loved ones to spread the word.

In solidarity,

–Neha Cremin, Starbucks Worker from Oklahoma City, OK, from Starbucks
Workers United

Sources:

1. "Starbucks workers at 150 stores go on strike over Pride decorations,"
CNN, June 23, 2023
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2. "Starbucks Is Threatening Trans Employees’ Healthcare, Union Says,"
Vice, June 14, 2022
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3. "Tweet by Starbucks Workers United," accessed June 23, 2023
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4. "Baristas at Starbucks Accuse Service Company of Abuse and Pay Gaps,"
The New York Times, October 18, 2021
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