[1/5] Starbucks workers attend a protest as part of a collective action over a Pride decor dispute, outside a Starbucks shop in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., June 25, 2023.
About a dozen Starbucks workers picketed outside New York's Astor Place location in lower Manhattan on Sunday afternoon near the route of the city's Pride parade, chanting: "New York is a union town!
Starbucks spent decades building its reputation as a progressive company that supports LGBTQ+ workers and customers.
Maggie McKeon, who was headed into the Starbucks at Astor Place, turned around after learning about the strike.
Sam Cornetta, a barista at the Farmingville, New York, Starbucks, who joined coworkers on strike at Astor Place on Sunday, said the company was alienating LGBTQ+ workers.
Persons:
David Dee Delgado, Lynne Fox, we've, Jackie Zhou, Maggie McKeon, McKeon, baristas, Arthur Pratt, Pratt, Sam Cornetta, They've, Hilary Russ, Caroline Valetkevitch, Vanessa O'Connell, Lananh Nguyen, Diane Craft
Organizations:
REUTERS, Starbucks Corp, Workers, Starbucks, Seattle, Workers United, Reuters, U.S, Supreme, Pride, Seattle Gay, Human Rights, HRC, National Labor Relations Board, Thomson
Locations:
Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Astor, York, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Portland , Oregon, , New York, Ashland , NY, New York