Starbucks Workers United Archives

The one-day strike, to protest a staggering number of unfair labor practices, included stores in Beaverton, Portland, and Vancouver.

Nearly two years after the first Starbucks store unionized, not one Starbucks location has a first union contract.

The strike started because managers told a barista to clock off and go home after she showed up to work in a union T-shirt.

The union-busting coffee giant sees a strike wave, an adverse legal ruling, and its leader hauled before a Senate Committee.

The strike involving more than 100 stores was timed for the day Starbucks launched its annual “red cup” holiday promotion.

It’s illegal to retaliate against workers for union activity, but Starbucks has been firing union supporters around the country.

The complaint lists the dates and store locations where violations occurred, and the names of managers who committed them.

In Oregon and Washington, union Starbucks shops have bargaining dates set throughout November and early December.

Starbucks must reinstate seven workers the company fired in Tennessee after a federal judge found the terminations were illegal retaliation.

Within a week, a strike grew from one to seven Starbucks locations in Eugene, Oregon. That meant every union store in the city was on strike.