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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a regular Starbucks customer but am NOT going there while there is a nationwide strike called.  (Note that i think there are picket strike lines only in certain cities, which don't include DC.)

I think some of the issues have to do not just with compensation but with things like scheduling and staffing.

But this particular strike is an "unfair labor practice strike" which means its not really about the economic issues, but rather about Starbuck's union busting practices.  The union can't force Starbucks to pay higher wages -- the law only requires good faith bargaining, not concessions to the union.  But Starbucks is breaking the law by refusing to bargain with the union, and otherwise taking actions to crush union organizing efforts.  So they aren't playing fair, and that's what the strike is about.

https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-stands-solidarity-striking-starbucks-workers

https://nycclc.org/news/union-starbucks-baristas-launch-unfair-labor-practice

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