Workers United Calls for Walkouts at Hundreds of Starbucks Stores on Red Cup Day
Published on November 14, 2023
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. The Workers United in a statement said that Red Cup Day is “one of the most infamously hard, understaffed days for the baristas” at Starbucks, and called on baristas and supervisors at all Starbucks stores to walk out on Nov. 16....