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Bloomfield Starbucks PGHSBWU

Joined September 2016
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@BrennanLM spitting hot fire 🔥🔥🔥✊️☕️
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Jacob Welsh retweeted
America’s unions are proud to endorse @SBWorkersUnited’s boycott of stand-alone corporate Starbucks stores. Workers are fed up with unchecked corporate greed, and we’re standing with them in their fight for a fair contract. No contract? NO COFFEE! ✊ boycottstarbucks.net/
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🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
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Baristas are locking arms in front of lines of trucks. This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing. #NoContractNoCoffee
Trucks are still at a standstill at the York distribution center, with at least one recently turning around. Starbucks could end this RIGHT NOW by finalizing fair union contracts and putting an end to union-busting! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Jacob Welsh retweeted
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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I always think it's funny when people are like, "I work X job, why should a barista make as much as me?" Because like, idk, that sounds like a question you should ask your boss? Or better yet, ask your coworkers and get organized and demand more? Idk what to tell you.
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Also, just an aside, your subjective opinion about the value of the work that food service workers do doesn't mean shit. Starbucks baristas objectively produce billions in value for the second largest fast-food company in the world.
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No one cares what YOU think about how valuable that labor is. The Market™️ doesn't care what you think. Customers decide how valuable it is when they pay $9 for an iced coffee en masse. Starbucks knows how valuable that labor is when their workers withhold it.
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Current and former Starbucks Workers United members are occupying the Bloomfield store! No coffee until we get a contract! @SBWorkersUnited
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In January, SBWU allies took part in civil disobedience for the 1st time. To reflect upon this tactic's legacy, and how it has helped workers & social movements win, we're hosting a teach-in on February 25th! ALL Starbucks partners can RSVP here - bit.ly/TrainSBWU
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Starbucks labels their coffee product sources as "100% Ethical." Today, a new report documents abusive labor & negative environmental practices within the supply chain Starbucks sources from in Mexico. This isn't the first time the alarm has went off.🧵 elpais.com/mexico/2025-02-14…
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Jacob Welsh retweeted
No joke, this thought kept me going on certain rough days when I was a union organizer early on. I still think it’s true.
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight.
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Truly incredible to witness the twin birth of SBWU & ALU in 2021, and then to see them striking together 3 years later! Solidarity forever! 📦🤝🏽☕️
seen on the picket line in chicago...... 😳😳💖💖 @amazonlabor @Teamsters
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As Starbucks workers, we’re winning real power on the job - together. ✊🔥 Our worker-led union of 10,000+ baristas, Starbucks Workers United, is winning BIG at the bargaining table. We’re stronger when we’re united. Reach out and let’s organize! app.sosha.ai/s/24lb7sZq
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Get a girl who looks at you like this 💅
My new favorite photo of Jake and I 😌
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This week in an amazing show of solidarity with @SBWorkersUnited, students at UCLA & UCR delivered petitions demanding the universities not renew licensing agreements with Starbucks. Thank you to these students - the people united will never be defeated! latimes.com/california/story…
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COLLEGE STUDENTS: Join the mass call on Thursday November 9th to see how you can help support union Starbucks baristas on your campus! bit.ly/redcup2023
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Jacob Welsh retweeted
🇵🇸🇮🇱🚨 Israel controls Palestinian water.
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Proud of my union ✊️🇵🇸
Starbucks Workers United stands with Palestine.
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