The Starbucks workers union announced Friday that more than 150 Starbucks stores’ employees will walk out in protest of claims that the business forbids Pride month decorations in cafes.
More than 150 outlets with about 3,500 employees have promised to go on strike over the coming week, according to the union Starbucks Workers United. According to the union, more than 20 additional stores are voting on strike authorizations, which could raise the total to close to 200 locations.
“STRIKE WITH PRIDE! Seattle Roastery leads nationwide Starbucks strike over Starbucks’ hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers,” the union wrote in a tweet Friday.
STRIKE WITH PRIDE! Seattle Roastery leads nationwide Starbucks strike over Starbucks’ hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers. Over 150+ stores and 3,500 workers will be on strike over the course of the next week.
— Starbucks Workers United (@SBWorkersUnited) June 23, 2023
The union last week asserted that Starbucks had limited Pride Month décor in select stores, implying that the renownedly liberal Seattle coffee giant had given in to conservative pressure to downplay the importance of Pride Month.
Starbucks refuted the claims and insisted that its stance on store decorations has not changed this year, even though some of its locations have posted pictures of their Pride-themed decorations on social media.
“We unwaveringly support the LGBTQIA2+ community. There has been no change to any policy on this matter and we continue to encourage our store leaders to celebrate with their communities including for US Pride month in June,” a Starbucks spokesperson said. “We’re deeply concerned by false information that is being spread.”
The union, in response, asserted that internal records demonstrated regional Starbucks administrators in more conservative parts of the nation had made the decision to forgo Pride celebrations this year.
The union tweeted a lengthy list of requests that included workers’ and LGBT issues.
One of the demands is “consistent hours,” which will make it easier for employees to get healthcare, “including gender-affirming care,” the union claimed.
The union is also demanding gender-neutral bathrooms, a grievance procedure, protection from discrimination and sexual harassment, “an end to intimidation tactics” like withholding credit card tipping, and “a real voice at work.”
“Starbucks tokenizes queer & trans workers and uses us for positive PR & profit, but they don’t want to listen to us. Enough of the performative progressivism – we demand Starbucks come to the table to bargain a contract that legally GUARANTEES our rights,” the union tweeted.
Starbucks is well known for being an early adopter of progressive policies for its workers.
Same-sex spouses were eligible for full health benefits from Starbucks in 1988. The business started paying for gender-reassignment surgery for transgender people in 2013. With effect from 2015, Starbucks employees are now permitted to use names “consistent with their gender identity or expression.”
However, Starbucks is not renowned for being supportive of the notion of its employees organizing a union.
“I don’t think a union has a place in Starbucks,” former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said last year, adding that if employees “file for a petition to be unionized, they have a right to do so. But we as a company have a right also to say, we have a different and better vision.”
Due to their strong LGBT marketing, big businesses like Bud Light and Target have recently faced criticism and seen their stock price plummet.
After the uproar, Target recalled certain children’s clothes with LGBT themes.
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