3 Twin Cities Starbucks Stores To Strike On Red Cup Day

By Riley Moser, CBS Minnesota

November 16, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS — Employees at three Twin Cities Starbucks locations are striking on one of the coffee chain's busiest days of the year.

Workers at the locations on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, Silver Lake Road in St. Anthony, and Cedar Avenue in South Minneapolis say they will strike on Thursday, the same day as Starbucks' Red Cup Day, an annual event where customers receive free reusable coffee cups.

Earlier in the fall, unionized workers filed an unfair labor practice over Starbucks' alleged refusal to bargain around promotion days like Red Cup Day, half-off ThursYays, and Buy One Get One Free offers. Workers say the company is scheduling these types of events with increasing frequency, without any additional staffing to cover the influx of orders.

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