Protesters picket outside a Starbucks, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Starbucks workers kick off 65-store U.S. strike on company’s busy Red Cup Day

by The Associated Press November 13, 2025

written by The Associated Press November 13, 2025

By Dee-ann Durbin More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the company. The strike was intended to disrupt Starbucks' Red Cup Day, which is typically one of the company's busiest...

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