Starbucks Workers United in Colorado ask community members to support unionized Starbucks workers as they fight for the first national fast food service union contract in the United States.
Here are some basic facts about the fight they are up against:
- $68 Million – The amount of daily profit Starbucks makes
- $25 billion – Starbucks’ annual profit last year.
- 6,666 – How many times more CEO Brian Niccol makes a year than his barista
- Less than $20,000 – The annual salary of a median Starbucks barista.
- Less than 0.5% – The percentage of profits baristas are asking for in their economic proposals.
This fall and winter, the campaign is heating up across the country and starting with more than 70 practice pickets nationwide. Each picket will have off-the-clock workers from surrounding area union shops, all standing together as one. This action is just one step in an escalation that will build toward Workers United’s biggest strike in over 100 years. We need support now, more than ever, as we force Starbucks back to the bargaining table. But this fight isn’t just for baristas; it’s a rallying cry to labor members and allies everywhere to take a stand against injustice and oligarchy.
Workers United is calling on all our local allies to stand with this October 26 from 10 AM-12 PM on our Mega Practice Picket line outside the College and Stuart Starbucks (1708 S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80525-1009). “We would love to have members of other labor unions, along with allies, there to help us make Fort Collins practice picket the biggest and loudest, so Brian Niccol can hear us all the way from his new $100 million office in California!” Michael Wilkins (michael.wilkins@workers-united.org).
