the first domino to fall

Seattle Democratic Socialist of America

Hi,

 

Last week Starbucks workers at the Broadway & Denny store made history in Seattle, becoming the first store unionized in Starbucks’ hometown and on the West Coast!

 

One down, 7 more to go (and many more to file soon!).

 

Please donate $5, $15, $27 or $100 to the PNW Starbucks Workers Solidarity Fund today!

 

Starbucks is feeling the pressure. As this tweet exposes, Starbucks is hitting back at workers nationally and in Seattle.  From 2 on 1 and 3 on 1 meetings with managers, beloved partners (co-workers) facing reprimands and being fired for minor infractions, to slashing hours of baristas who support workers having power in the stores.  This is all to send a clear message to Starbucks workers who dare to demand a multi-billion dollar corporation pay its workers a living wage, provide healthcare benefits, and guarantee stable work schedules and hours: You have no power.

 

We have a clear message to Starbucks: Workers are the power. And we’re coming for you.

 

Please donate $5, $15, $27 or $100 today to the PNW Starbucks Workers Solidarity Fund

A growing number of workers are fed up with an economy where the capitalist class is seeing record profits and workers struggle to even make ends meet. More and more these workers that are moving into struggle are turning to socialist ideas for solutions. Socialists are helping to build a working class movement across the country. Our movement has made DSA into the 2nd largest socialist organization in the history of the U.S.

We have taken to the streets in support of BLM, the largest protest movement in our history. And we are revitalizing the labor movement, building worker power and democracy at Starbucks, Target, REI, Apple Stores, and more. Our movement is only growing, and workers need your solidarity now more than ever.

 

Starbucks workers have met brutal resistance and draconian union-busting with heroic self-sacrifice and a growing militancy.  Starbucks workers have struck at several stores over Starbucks union-busting and unsafe working conditions - sending an undeniable message that these workers are willing to lay in on the line, risking their livelihoods.

 

The question we have for you is, what are you willing to lay on the line? 

 

Here’s how you can help:

 

  • Donate to the PNW Starbucks Workers Solidarity Fund!   Starbucks made over $4 billion in profits in 2021 and they will spend whatever amount is needed to ensure their stratospheric profits and defeat the Starbucks workers' fight for a living wage, guaranteed healthcare benefits, and stable and guaranteed work schedules.  Donations will help support workers if and when they need to go on strike.  When you donate please write in: “In Solidarity from Seattle DSA!”

  • Host a tabling or postering event in your district

  • Have you signed the solidarity pledge? Ask 5 friends to sign the pledge

  • Spread the word! Join a round of postering or join us as we talk with customers and community members about the campaign outside of Starbucks stores

In Solidarity, 

Bryan W & Sunny R

Co-chairs of the SDSA Starbucks Worker Solidarity Subcommittee 

Seattle Democratic Socialists of America