John,

Nearly four years ago in December 2021, workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York became the first to unionize.¹ Since then, roughly 10,000 workers at 550 Starbucks locations have followed suit, unionizing in their demands for fair pay, fair scheduling, fair health care, and more.² But, even as Starbucks’ new CEO made $96 million last year, he’s refusing to negotiate in good faith with unionized workers.

The holiday season is one of Starbucks’ busiest, starting last week with “Red Cup Day.” But now, Starbucks workers have gone on strike, demanding the company negotiate a fair contract.

Stand with striking workers by sending a message to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol today telling him that you won’t cross the picket line for the duration of the strike.

Since Starbucks workers began unionizing, their efforts have been under relentless attack by a union-busting, multi-billion-dollar corporation that has fired union activists, closed unionized stores, provided wage increases to non-unionized workers over unionized workers, disciplined workers who are part of the union organizing effort, threatened to take away health care benefits or reduced workers' hours to the point where they don’t qualify for health care, and much more.⁴

They’ve even written off their union-busting efforts as a corporate expense to reduce their federal income tax liability.⁵

Write to Starbuck’s union-busting CEO Brian Niccol now and tell him that you support striking Starbucks workers and that you won’t cross the picket line.

Together, we’re standing with workers demanding fair wages and benefits from billion-dollar corporations.

In solidarity,

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, CHN Action

¹ Starbucks workers form their 1st union in the U.S. in a big win for labor
² Starbucks unionized workers go on strike, demanding labor contract
³ Starbucks' new CEO made nearly $100 million in his first four months running the company — here's what's included in his pay package
⁴ Corporate union busting in plain sight
⁵ Billion-Dollar Union Busters: How Starbucks & Its Rich CEO Are Stifling Worker Organizing