Baristas on Strike
On the Picket Line in Gilbert
Last month, I met with members of Starbucks Workers United in Gilbert, Arizona. In recent years, Starbucks has escalated its union-busting campaign, from retaliatory store closures to illegal surveillance and firings, all to avoid negotiating a fair contract for more than 200,000 Starbucks workers across the United States.
Senator Ruben Gallego joined the picket line to hand out breakfast burritos and stand in solidarity with the workers’ movement. Speaking to reporters about Starbucks’ illegal labor practices and rising concern over corporate greed, Gallego said, “This is the stuff that happens when corporate power does not want to give way to worker power.”
