Colorado Starbucks baristas join growing national strike for fair wages, labor practices

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Workers from Colorado Starbucks locations are taking to the picket lines, joining a growing national strike against the company to protest what they say is the company’s refusal to negotiate pay and address complaints about unfair labor practices.

The movement doesn’t stop in Denver, though. Over the weekend, Colorado baristas joined Starbucks workers from eight other states, including Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations nationwide, according to Starbucks Worker’s United.

The union says the coffee chain refuses to meet its demands for immediate and future pay raises. They’re also claiming unfair labor practices…

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