Join us at Cal Anderson Park, Sunday April 16 at 4pm.  Please RSVP or just show up! We’ll hear from Starbucks workers and then we'll plaster the town with solidarity posters. Afterwards we’ll meet up for drinks.

Friends,

 

Starbucks is fighting their workers with remorseless determination.

On Monday Howard Schultz resumed his role as CEO of Starbucks, then immediately FIRED union leader Laila Dalton–despite already having been charged with a formal complaint by the NLRB for harassing her! 


Starbucks made $4 billion in profit in 2021 - they fired their CEO, bringing back chief union-buster and billionaire Howard Schultz, and fired their top lawyer for not stopping the union effort. A lot is at stake for Starbucks! And they will do whatever it takes to stop workers from organizing for a living wage, healthcare benefits, and guaranteed hours.


Please watch this leaked video showing Starbucks threatening Laila:

This follows the savage playbook of Starbucks union-busting tactics seen in Memphis when they fired the entire organizing committee - 7 baristas at one store!  They’ll stop at nothing to maximize their profits at the expense of their workers.  What lurks beneath the mask of progressivism is the brutal, grim visage of profit at all cost.

 

Starbucks workers themselves are meeting this savagery with boldness and determination. They have gone on strike in Buffalo, against unsafe COVID working conditions, winning paid sick leave company wide. They’ve also gone on strike in Denver, Olympia WA, and staged rallies and protests outside of stores in Phoenix and Memphis to demand the rehiring of workers fired for supporting unionization. 

 

Starbucks workers at 200 Starbucks stores, in 30 states, have filed to unionize with @SBWorkersUnited!

 

Momentum is building. 16 stores have successfully unionized so far nationwide.

 

The cream on the top last week was the historic victory by Staten Island Amazon warehouse workers, becoming the first Amazon warehouse in the US to unionize!

 

The Starbucks Workers Solidarity campaign is a Starbucks worker-led community solidarity campaign made up of individuals, socialists, community groups and unions. We’ve been tabling outside Starbucks stores, postering around the city, and raising money for the PNW Starbucks Workers Relief Fund.

 

So far, over 2000 people have signed the Starbucks Workers solidarity pledge (please sign here) and we’ve put up 1500 solidarity posters around town! The Starbucks workers relief fund has also raised over $10,000 in donations - but more is needed to take on a corporate behemoth like Starbucks! Please donate $5, $27 or $50 today!

 

Join us for these upcoming activities to spread the word!

  • Weekend of 500 Posters - Saturday, April 16 at 4pm, Cal Anderson Park. Please RSVP here
  • Starbucks Worker United Seattle Rally - Saturday, April 24 at 1pm, Cal Anderson Park


In solidarity,

Bryan W & Sunny R

SDSA Starbucks Worker Solidarity Subcommittee