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Starbucks baristas' fast-growing unfair labor practice strike is expected to hit historic levels Tuesday as hundreds of stores nationwide prepare to join walkouts at the coffee giant. The Starbucks Workers United strike, prompted by failed union contract negotiations, began Friday and is expected to continue to escalate during the holidays - potentially affecting more than 300 stores nationwide, according to Workers United.

(Bloomberg) — A Starbucks Corp. barista strike has shut down about 170 cafes, according to the coffee chain, disrupting service at locations nationwide during the final days of the crucial holiday shopping season. The union said it expects the number of stores impacted to hit 300, but it’s unclear if the group will hit that target by the end of Christmas Eve. Over 5,000 workers in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, among other cities, planned to join the work stoppage on Tuesday, according to an emailed statement from Starbucks Workers...

Starbucks strikes ramp up to over 300 stores across 45 states on Christmas Eve, union says Starbucks workers nationwide ramped up an ongoing strike on Tuesday, expanding to include 300 stores across 45 states, the employees' union told USA TODAY. The five-day strike began Friday and initially shut down Starbucks locations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle before spreading to cafes in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Denver, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio, according to Starbucks Workers United. Now, more than 5,000 workers are walking off the job on...

The union has planned a picket in front of a Starbucks at 10830 Haynes Bridge Rd. in Alpharetta on Tuesday. The strike comes amid contract negotiations, with the union saying Starbucks proposed no new wage increases for unionized baristas now and a 1.5% raise in future years. “This is backtracking on months and months of progress and promises from the company to work toward an end-of-year framework ratification. We’re ready to do what it takes to show the company the consequences of not keeping their promises to baristas,” Starbucks barista...

A Starbucks Corp. barista strike will spread to more than 300 cafes, according to its worker union, disrupting service at locations nationwide during the final days of the crucial holiday shopping season. Over 5,000 workers in cities including Boston, New York and Philadelphia, will join the work stoppage on Tuesday, according to an emailed statement from Starbucks Workers United. Elected officials, including Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey , have also joined striking baristas on the picket line over previous days, with the union asking for further support on its last scheduled...

Dec 24 (Reuters) - A strike at Starbucks' (SBUX.O) U.S. stores will expand to over 300 stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job, before the five-day work stoppage ends later on Christmas Eve, the workers' union said. Starbucks Workers United, representing employees at 525 stores nationwide, said more than 60 U.S. stores across 12 major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Seattle, were shut on Monday. Talks between Starbucks and the union had hit an impasse with unresolved issues over wages,...

Around a dozen Columbus Starbucks employees joined the ongoing national Starbucks strike Monday, picketing on a street corner outside a Starbucks in Worthington. "We are out here today to show our literal support from the community and within our union, and that we're ready to fight and the fight's never gonna be over," Siti Pulcheon, Starbucks barista and union delegate for a Downtown Columbus Starbucks, said at the picket line Monday. Monday marked the third day of Columbus' participation in the strike. Employees from five Starbucks stores were at the...

The ongoing Starbucks union workers' strike has now expanded to a dozen states, union representatives confirmed to USA TODAY on Monday. The five-day strike began Friday and initially shut down Starbucks locations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle before spreading to cafes in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Denver, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio, according to Starbucks Workers United. Labor representatives told USA TODAY on Monday morning that union members in Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Portland, Oregon also joined picket lines.

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