Starbucks Workers United

@sbworkersunited.org

12,000+ workers fighting for fair union contracts and a better Starbucks ✊ Organize your store, get updates from our campaign, and sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge at bit.ly/m/SBWU

We’re not just tired of low pay, inadequate protections, and chaotic scheduling… we’re organizing unions to say enough is enough! CONGRATULATIONS to Starbucks baristas in Columbia, MD - they just won their union election 19 to 3! ✊

A large group stands and smiles in front of a Starbucks store after winning their union election

Workers in the South are fighting back against corporate greed and WINNING. CONGRATULATIONS to Starbucks baristas in Navarre, FL who just won their union!! ✊ They join workers in Kentucky and Arkansas who also recently won union elections in the South!

Three workers raise their fists in celebration in front of their newly organized Starbucks store.

🚨Have you felt sick after handling Starbucks’ silica-based blending powder? If you're a barista, reach out to us. If you're a Starbucks customer, we urge you to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes union contracts with the protections and improvements we need.

🚨Have you felt sick after handling Starbucks’ silica-based blending powder? If you're a barista, reach out to us. If you're a Starbucks customer, we urge you to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes union contracts with the protections and improvements we need.

Solidarity with ILWU members on strike in California! We call on C&H Sugar - one of the largest sugar distributors in the country - to do right by their workers. Return to the bargaining table and finalize a fair contract now!

A headline reads "Local 6 workers at C&H Sugar in Crockett on strike, demand employer bargain in good faith"

Corporations don't protect us. WE protect us. Congratulations to Starbucks workers who are organizing against corporate greed and winning unions in their stores! Say hello to our newest union members in ✊Westland, MI ✊Bowling Green, KY

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Corporations don't protect us. WE protect us. Congratulations to Starbucks workers who are organizing against corporate greed and winning unions in their stores! Say hello to our newest union members in ✊Westland, MI ✊Bowling Green, KY

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🚨Here’s what baristas are saying about Starbucks’s blending powder. Workers are calling on all customers to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS until baristas get protections and better in-store conditions finalized in fair union contracts.

“i literally got a migraine for the first time in years after work”
“I almost passed out after making one of those drinks and the headache came on immediately after I scooped that powder into the blender”
“Me with nonstop coughing fits every shift since the powder dropped 

"
“i've had headaches both my last shifts which i never have”
“i was having trouble breathing randomly during my last two shifts”
“you inhale those powders everytime you scoop them. Especially when they're on a raised shelf at eye level... but corporate never seems to listen or care"

*our lawyers want you to know that while these comments surrounding Starbucks’ blending powder were posted publicly, SBWU cannot verify their accuracy.“Omg a partner today was telling me his hand started to tingle after he spilled some on his hand!!!"
“Ive been getting weird hives from it like bumps and rashes"
“No but lowkey since yesterdays launch I've been getting these rashes"
“eyes have been SUPER irritated, red and itchy since launch day, even worse today after working cold bar this morning.”
“Omg one of my co workers also got a rash! ”
“my coworker got off bar with hives”

*our lawyers want you to know that while these comments surrounding Starbucks’ blending powder were posted publicly, SBWU cannot verify their accuracy.“i have asthma and i have noticed that ever since i have started crafting the blended beverages with the blending powder, my chest has been hurting so badly and i have had to take my inhaler more than normal."
"I have asthma and it does make it harder to breathe:/ had to take my inhaler today"
“oh my god my fucking asthma has been AWFULLLL"
"Legit went to the doctors yesterday and was prescribed an inhaler"
"“yes sore throats and headaches at my store"
“Yes I have very nauseous and it was right after I inhaled that powder, we were restocking and it just goes in the air it's literally unavoidable"

*our lawyers want you to know that while these comments surrounding Starbucks’ blending powder were posted publicly, SBWU cannot verify their accuracy.*our lawyers want you to know that while these comments surrounding Starbucks’ blending powder were posted publicly, SBWU cannot verify their accuracy.

🚨Here’s what baristas are saying about Starbucks’s blending powder. Workers are calling on all customers to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS until baristas get protections and better in-store conditions finalized in fair union contracts.

“i literally got a migraine for the first time in years after work”
“I almost passed out after making one of those drinks and the headache came on immediately after I scooped that powder into the blender”
“Me with nonstop coughing fits every shift since the powder dropped 

"
“i've had headaches both my last shifts which i never have”
“i was having trouble breathing randomly during my last two shifts”
“you inhale those powders everytime you scoop them. Especially when they're on a raised shelf at eye level... but corporate never seems to listen or care"

*our lawyers want you to know that while these comments surrounding Starbucks’ blending powder were posted publicly, SBWU cannot verify their accuracy.“Omg a partner today was telling me his hand started to tingle after he spilled some on his hand!!!"
“Ive been getting weird hives from it like bumps and rashes"
“No but lowkey since yesterdays launch I've been getting these rashes"
“eyes have been SUPER irritated, red and itchy since launch day, even worse today after working cold bar this morning.”
“Omg one of my co workers also got a rash! ”
“my coworker got off bar with hives”

*our lawyers want you to know that while these comments surrounding Starbucks’ blending powder were posted publicly, SBWU cannot verify their accuracy.“i have asthma and i have noticed that ever since i have started crafting the blended beverages with the blending powder, my chest has been hurting so badly and i have had to take my inhaler more than normal."
"I have asthma and it does make it harder to breathe:/ had to take my inhaler today"
“oh my god my fucking asthma has been AWFULLLL"
"Legit went to the doctors yesterday and was prescribed an inhaler"
"“yes sore throats and headaches at my store"
“Yes I have very nauseous and it was right after I inhaled that powder, we were restocking and it just goes in the air it's literally unavoidable"

*our lawyers want you to know that while these comments surrounding Starbucks’ blending powder were posted publicly, SBWU cannot verify their accuracy.*our lawyers want you to know that while these comments surrounding Starbucks’ blending powder were posted publicly, SBWU cannot verify their accuracy.

Starbucks has the highest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the US. It’s not normal! Let’s take on corporate greed and win a better workplace. DON’T BUY STARBUCKS at any location until union contracts are finalized!

🚨Our union is hearing concerns from baristas about an ingredient in the new Starbucks Blended Refreshers. The blending powder is silica-based and becomes airborne easily. Breathing in silica powder can be dangerous. Starbucks needs to address this if partners are starting to feel side-effects.

A photo of the blending powder used inside Starbucks beverages. Ingredients contain gum arabica, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, silica, stevia leaft extract, among others.

🚨Our union is hearing concerns from baristas about an ingredient in the new Starbucks Blended Refreshers. The blending powder is silica-based and becomes airborne easily. Breathing in silica powder can be dangerous. Starbucks needs to address this if partners are starting to feel side-effects.

A photo of the blending powder used inside Starbucks beverages. Ingredients contain gum arabica, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, silica, stevia leaft extract, among others.

Starbucks' sustainability strategy in 2020: “We’ll cut emissions in half by 2030.” ☕🌍✨ Starbucks' sustainability strategy in 2025: Lol nvm. Translation: We missed our climate target so badly we’re quietly lowering the bar and hoping you’re distracted by a s'mores frappucino.

“I’m so proud of our team and all the hard work we put in these last few weeks,” said Kaye-Lani Story, shift supervisor at the 50th and France location. “Today we achieved such great success, and it’s only the beginning.” www.startribune.com/edina-starbu...

Starbucks baristas in Edina vote to unionize, joining growing Minnesota movement

The baristas at the coffee shop in the 50th and France retail district join 16 other Starbucks locations in Minnesota in Starbucks Workers United.

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🎉MORE UNION WINS🎉 Baristas have won 700+ union elections, and we're not stopping until Starbucks does right by US, their workers! CONGRATS to baristas who recently won union elections in - Brookline, MA - Edina, MN - Falls Church, VA - Greensboro, NC - Roswell, GA - Pittsburgh, PA - Providence, RI

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