The newly unionized staff at a Virginia Starbucks shut down the coffee giant's annual Christmas promotional event in protest of the company's refusal to meet their demands in the nine days since they formed a bargaining unit.
Baristas at the Starbucks in Arlington's Courthouse Plaza timed their Thursday strike to coincide with "Red Cup Day," where each customer gets a free, reusable red cup with the purchase of any holiday beverage, according to ARLnow. The baristas, who only voted to unionize on Nov. 8, are unhappy at the speed with which the company is responding to their demands.
Union member Samuel Dukore told ARLnow that "Starbucks has been dragging its feet coming to the negotiation table." But Dukore, who has been a union member for about 2 percent of the year, also claims the company "is not negotiating in good faith," a seeming contradiction with his initial complaint.
Over 100 Starbucks branches nationwide are participating in the "Red Cup Rebellion," an effort by Starbucks Workers United to exact concessions from the corporation on one of its busiest days. Striking members are carrying signs with a modified Starbucks logo showing the Grinch's hand holding a Christmas ornament and the phrase "NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE." The striking baristas are proudly embracing the Grinch label as they attempt to rob festive Americans of caffeinated delights and Christmas cheer.
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