DSA Solidarity with Starbucks Workers

We’re proud to support Starbucks workers unionizing in Central Mass. Will you join us?

 
12 Worcester DSA members and supporters pose for a picture inside the E Central St Starbucks

Worcester DSA members are supporting Starbucks workers at stores in Central Massachusetts that have filed for union elections. To keep it going, you can come to sip-ins and help us plan other actions.

Three Worcester DSA members stand in front of the closed doors of the striking Worcester Starbucks with a sign that says "Union Strong: Support Starbucks Workers!"

DSA members joined the picket line at the beginning of August to support baristas’ seven-day unfair labor practice (ULP) strike at the Starbucks on E Central St in Worcester.

Six Worcester DSA members and supporters pose for a photo inside the E Central St Starbucks

Everyone pictured here at our April 24 sip-in — DSA members in the public sector, building trades, logistics, retail, and social work — was in a union or unionizing. We stand with our siblings in the labor movement at Starbucks!

 

These Starbucks locations in Central Mass are organizing!

 
An outside view of the E Central St Starbucks next to the MNA Region 2 office

[UNIONIZED] 11 East Central Street, Worcester, MA

Workers at this store, next to the St. Vincent nurses’ former Strike Headquarters, announced their intent to unionize on March 26, filed for an NLRB union election on March 28, and voted unanimously (14-0) to unionize on June 3.

An outside view of the Gardner Starbucks

[UNIONIZED] 308 West Broadway, Gardner, MA

Workers at this Starbucks location, which opened in November 2021, announced their intent to unionize on April 20, filed for an NLRB union election on April 21, and voted unanimously (14-0) to unionize on June 23.

 

We supported E Central St workers’ Aug 1-7 strike

  • Starbucks workers, DSA members, and Massachusetts Nurses Association staff picket outside the E Central St Starbucks

    Day 1

  • S, Marie, Bill, Susan, and Jay stand with "Union Strong" picket signs outside the Worcester Starbucks where workers are on strike

    Day 2

  • The front doors of the striking Worcester Starbucks is covered with signs saying "Starbucks workers are on strike! We are closed" carefully applied with painters tape

    Day 3

  • Striking baristas from Worcester's E Central St Starbucks stand out on the corner of E Central St and Summer St, across from St. Vincent Hospital, with signs saying "This is our last straw: Baristas on strike"

    Day 4

  • Starbucks workers, DSA members, and members of SEIU 509 and the WPI Graduate Worker Union picket outside the E Central St Starbucks

    Day 5

  • A retired MNA nurse and MetroWest DSA (and DSA International Committee) member on the picket line wearing a "Troublemakers Union" shirt from Labor Notes and a "Democratic Socialists of America" shirt

    Day 6

  • Three Worcester DSA members hold picket signs outside the striking E Central St Starbucks

    Day 7

We supported Gardner’s Nov 17 strike on Red Cup Day

  • Two Starbucks workers hold signs reading "They will raise the price of vanilla sweet cold foam before they care about us" and "Union strong: Worcester DSA supports Starbucks workers"
  • Eight Starbucks workers stand outside their store holding signs that say "Union strong" and with one holding a child
  • Three Starbucks workers stand at an intersection holding signs, with one that says "Honk for unions"
  • Three Starbucks workers stand at the drive-thru holding signs that say "Support the union! Support your baristas! Honk to support"
  • A group of Starbucks workers stand outside the drive-thru with a dog wearing a union t-shirt
  • Starbucks workers and members of Worcester DSA and MetroWest DSA stand outside the store

Starbucks solidarity is not only a priority of our chapter, it’s a national DSA campaign

 

DSA is ready to support Starbucks workers

Hear from Starbucks Workers United speakers, Tom Morello, Sarah Squirm, and DSA’s National Labor Commission (DSA Labor) about the fight workers are facing and how we in DSA can help them win.

 
 

DSA knows the struggle at Starbucks is global

Starbucks has over 30,000 locations — more than half outside the United States — and DSA’s International Committee brought together organizers from Chile, New Zealand, and Buffalo to share their experiences.

 
 

DSA chapters are mobilizing in communities across the country

A person points at a Starbucks cup that has the order name "Union Hell Yeah"

Philly DSA

DSA members pose for a photo inside a Starbucks

Louisville DSA

DSA members hold signs that say "Union Strong" in front of a table with a banner that says "Starbucks, stop union busting!"

Seattle DSA

DSA members stand outside with signs that say "Solidarity: Stand with workers"

Pittsburgh DSA

Three cups of coffee from Starbucks are lined up on a table with the order name "Union Strong"

Lower Hudson Valley DSA

DSA members raise their fists in solidarity outside a Starbucks in Texas

San Antonio DSA

YDSA members hold signs that say "Union Yes!" and "Unionize Starbucks"

YDSA UW Madison

Clipboards and handouts with information about Starbucks workers' organizing sit on a table draped with a red DSA flag

Wilmington DSA (NC)

Members of Snohomish County DSA host a solidarity rally along the roadside for unionizing baristas at a Starbucks in Everett, WA

SnoCo DSA

A large group of DSA members raise their fists in solidarity inside a Starbucks

Miami DSA and YDSA at FIU

DSA members carry signs that say "Union busting is disgusting" and "Union Yes!" while wearing shirts that say "Kansas City DSA" and "People over profit"

Kansas City DSA

A large group of DSA members pose with signs inside the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in New York City

NYC-DSA

A large crowd of DSA members stand together outside a Starbucks with their fists raised in solidarity

DSA-LA

DSA members pose for a photo outside a Starbucks

DSA Cleveland

Two DSA members hold signs that say "DSA stands with Starbucks workers" inside a Starbucks

Central Jersey DSA

Five DSA members raise their fists in solidarity and hold a sign that says "Solidarity is Brewing"

Champlain Valley DSA

DSA members raise their fists in solidarity with unionizing baristas inside a Starbucks in La Quinta, CA

Inland Empire DSA

DSA members and supporters rally with Starbucks workers on strike in Leesburg, VA

Metro DC DSA

A DSA member holds a sign that says "Starbucks customer for a Starbucks union"

Tallahassee DSA

DSA members and supporters stand outside a Starbucks in Atlanta

Atlanta DSA

DSA members stand outside with signs that say "Do not shop here - respect the strike"

Portland DSA

A person wearing a red shirt with the DSA logo holds a cup of coffee from Starbucks with the order name "Union Strong"

Sacramento DSA

DSA members stand outside a Starbucks with a banner that says "Fight for democracy, fight for socialism"

Phoenix DSA

DSA members stand outside a Starbucks with signs that say "No justice, no coffee"

Buffalo DSA

A large group of DSA members stand outside a Starbucks

St. Louis DSA

Members of Birmingham DSA, DSA North Alabama, and assorted labor unions attend a sip-in in solidarity with unionizing Starbucks workers in Scottsboro, AL

Birmingham DSA and DSA North Alabama

DSA members gather outside a Starbucks in Astoria with signs calling for the reinstatement of Austin, a barista who was illegally fired

Queens DSA