Starbucks Workers United announced baristas will strike starting Friday in three key markets — Seattle, Los Angeles and Chicago. The union said the move is in response to the coffee chain's “failure to bring viable economic proposals to the bargaining table” and “to resolve hundreds of outstanding unfair labor practice charges.”The union, which started organizing in 2021, represents 525 union stores and over 10,500 union workers, according to its website. “The company just announced I’m only getting a 2.5% raise next year, $0.40 an hour, which is hardly anything. Starbucks needs to invest in the baristas who make Starbucks run,” she added. It comes as the Teamsters union announced Thursday strikes at several Amazon delivery facilities, amid the peak holiday delivery rush.

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