Starbucks Union workers are on strike today on Astoria Boulevard 💪🛠️☕️. I was just at the picket line a couple minutes ago.
This is my first time seeing a picket like with my own eyes, watching employees turn away customers, mostly teenagers, telling them their on strike. 🤩
https://twitter.com/astoriablvdSBWU
#solidarity #union #StarbucksUnion #strike #unions #WorkersVoice #LaborRights #labor #SBWU #starbucks #tobeapartner #unionstrong #RedCupRebellion #queens #nyc #newyork #ny
I was a barista at Starbucks a little over a year ago when my kids were small. Overall it was a great place to work, with nice regulars and a hardworking manager who’s a dad like me. So I was really surprised when I saw Starbucks make an announcement on January 19, 2017 that it would be updating its parental leave policy in the U.S. starting in October 2017. At first, the new policy sounded great: new parents in their corporate office will be getting some of the most generous paid leave in...