World’s First Starbucks Strike
Workers from stores across Auckland walked off the job yesterday to join the world’s first Starbucks strike, held on Auckland’s Karangahape Rd.
What began as a small protest by workers from one store became a city-wide strike when Workers from stores across Auckland walked off the job yesterday to join the world’s first Starbucks strike, held on Auckland’s Karangahape Rd.
What began as a small protest by workers from one store became a city-wide strike when Starbucks workers heard that managers would be brought in to cover the shifts of the striking K’Rd workers.
“What began as an event to highlight the poor conditions of low pay and minimum wage workers turned into a show of solidarity and strength between Auckland’s Starbucks workers,” said Simon Oosterman, SuperSizeMyPay.Com campaign coordinator.
