Workers United Calls for Walkouts at Hundreds of Starbucks Stores on Red Cup Day

Workers United Calls for Walkouts at Hundreds of Starbucks Stores on Red Cup Day
A Starbucks logo on the door of the Green Apron Delivery Service at the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York on June 1, 2016. Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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The Workers United union said on Monday that thousands of employees at hundreds of Starbucks stores will walk out on the coffee chain’s key Red Cup Day promotional event this week, citing staffing and scheduling issues.

Starbucks hands out free reusable holiday-themed cups with coffee purchases on the popular promotional event Red Cup Day, which falls on Thursday this week, in the midst of the key holiday season.