Starbucks Union Set to Strike in US Cities After Bargaining Talks End

Starbucks Workers United said 98 percent of its baristas voted in favor of authorizing the strike.

A Starbucks worker boards the Starbucks union bus after workers stood on the picket line with striking actors and writers outside Netflix studios in Los Angeles on July 28, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images

A union representing more than 10,000 baristas at the Starbucks coffeehouse chain has announced that its members will strike at stores in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle for five days starting on Dec. 20.

Starbucks Workers United, which represents employees across 525 stores in the United States, said on Dec. 19 that the walkouts would escalate daily and could affect “hundreds of stores” nationwide by Christmas Eve.