TELL STARBUCKS CEO: Unionized Starbucks baristas are ready to strike on November 13th if Starbucks executives still refuse to offer workers a fair union contract. More than 12,000 baristas are asking ultra-rich CEO Brian Niccol, who made $98 million in 2024, for livable wages and better working conditions. Sign the petition: Stand in solidarity with Starbucks workers!

Unionized Starbucks workers have had enough. Corporate executives continue to refuse to meet the core demands of more than 12,000 baristas across the country — so Starbucks Workers United has authorized a strike beginning on November 13th if they don’t receive a fair union contract.1

Starbucks workers are asking for livable wages, better staffing at stores to improve working conditions, and for executives to resolve the hundreds of outstanding unfair labor practices for the corporation’s union-busting.2

CEO Brian Niccol has the widest pay gap between chief executive and average worker amongst all S&P 500 companies, according to the AFL-CIO. He made over $90 million in 2024, 6,666x the average employee3. There’s more than enough money to pay and treat unionized baristas fairly! Let’s stand with unionized Starbucks workers if they go on strike on November 13th!

Sign the petition: Don’t cross the Starbucks Workers United picket line if baristas strike!

The Starbucks workers union—Starbucks Workers United—have won a lot since they began organizing in 2021. They’ve unionized over 500 stores, improved some working conditions, and won tentative agreements in place at certain stores that will help baristas.

But Niccol and other Starbucks executives continue to stonewall on a good union contract.4 Instead of engaging with the union, Niccol announced mass store closures in the U.S., including 59 union locations.

Starbucks has racked up the most unfair labor practice charges in modern history.5 It’s time for executives to negotiate a fair contract. Until then, we must stand with unionized baristas!

Sign the petition: Don’t cross a Starbucks picket line!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. CNBC, "Starbucks union authorizes open-ended strike as busy holiday season begins,” November 5, 2025.
  2. Starbucks Workers United, "Our Fight,” 2025.
  3. CNN Business, "This company’s CEO made 6,666 more than its typical worker,” July 23, 2025.
  4. Starbucks Workers United, "Our Fight,” 2025.
  5. Ibid.

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