Workers Strike at Starbucks’s Flagship Roastery on Capitol Hill
Ahead of Pride Weekend, a peak time for businesses in Capitol Hill, workers who are part of a union at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery on Pike Street organized a strike at Starbucks will continue until Sunday night. The strike serves as a manifestation of their frustration with the management’s lack of engagement or recognition of their union. The strike at Starbucks is part of a larger movement occurring at 150 different Starbucks locations throughout the country. The union, Starbucks Workers United, initiated the strike partially in response to allegations that some Starbucks employees were instructed to remove Pride decorations. However, Starbucks refuted these claims in a statement provided to Eater last week. About 3,500 employees will strike at Starbucks over the course of the next week, Starbucks Workers United posted in a tweet. First Starbucks store to participate in the walkout The Roastery was the first Starbucks store in the nation to participate in the walko...