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Starbucks workers across the country are taking action, and they’re not backing down. Their message is the same in every city: fair pay, stable hours, and meaningful progress at the bargaining table.

Workers and supporters are showing up loud and strong on the picket line!
https://seiu.co/3Xyu09q
‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike
Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?
seiu.co
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Minnesota has long welcomed Somali people fleeing civil war, who have since become essential workers and community leaders in business and public service.

This agenda was never about keeping people safe, but about tearing thriving and diverse communities apart.
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Anti-Immigrant Tirade
Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
How is it always “we can’t afford it” when it comes to worker wages, but never for sky-high CEO pay. 🤨 😡
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
After 20 years in South Florida, Farah Larriex could lose her work permit & deportation protection—and in just a matter of months. Trump's move to end Temporary Protected Status for Haiti puts hundreds of thousands of families at risk. “For many of us, it’s a death sentence." https://seiu.co/4iyRCo5
South Florida Haitians express outrage, fear as Trump administration moves to end TPS protections
South Florida's Haitian community is reacting with anger and fear after the Trump administration moved to end TPS protections for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants.
seiu.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
WHO IN THE WORLD IS WRITING THIS BS?

Probably someone who’s never worked an hourly shift or lived paycheck-to- paycheck.
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Bernie and Zohran were out in the streets of New York, standing with Starbucks workers fighting for better wages and dignity on the job.

This is what we mean when we say we need allies — elected officials who don’t just “support workers” in speeches, but who show up and fight alongside us.
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
ALERT: According to a recent investigation by NYC Dept. of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021.

Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers! https://seiu.co/4pHz6w8
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
seiu.co
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We're putting an end to finger- pointing at other workers in the same boat. The ones rigging the system are the billionaires. Pass it on.
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Maryland is considering putting a $25 minimum wage on the ballot! With costs rising and wages falling behind, workers know the status quo isn’t working.

A living wage is essential. If lawmakers won’t lead, let the people vote. seiu.co/48Qtw3V
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Haters say “do it the right way,” but we're being arrested at our green card appointments.

“What risk did the community face from my client who... is the caregiver to his 17-year-old son, works, pays taxes, has no criminal history and was applying for a green card."
ICE agents arrest green card applicants in San Diego
In what lawyers are saying is a new escalation of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation program, Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents are arresting people during their green card…
www.kpbs.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We’re done calling it Red Cup Season — this is the Red Cup Rebellion.

Baristas are on an open-ended ULP strike because Starbucks refuses to bargain in good faith or fix its mountain of labor violations.

No Contract. No Coffee. Period.
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When workers have a union, they have a voice and others backing them when it matters most.

That’s the union difference.
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Republicans claim to be “pro-family,” yet their government shutdown hurt every part of families’ lives.
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So you're against raising the minimum wage to a livable wage for millions of workers?!?! OK, got it Mr. President.
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Our nation needs more immigration judges, not less. Yet the Trump administration just fired another.

“I never took my role as a judge for granted... I don’t just mourn the loss of a job but also the disintegration of a system.”
Tears flowed in S.F. courtroom as immigration judge was fired mid-hearing
The San Francisco judge said the “dismantling” of the immigration court was preceded by “inhumane” workloads and trauma-filled workdays.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
University of California Santa Barbara workers ratified their best contract yet after four strikes and 17 months of bargaining.

A huge reminder: when workers stand together, they win. ✊🏽 https://seiu.co/4olbvQG
UC Workers Ratify ‘Best Contract Yet’ After Four Strikes and 17 Months of Negotiations
The union representing 21,000 healthcare, research, and technical professionals celebrates what union leaders are calling a historic win.
seiu.co
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Our families, friends, and neighbors have no business being held in federal detention centers! The detention of people with NO criminal record has jumped by 2,000% under Trump's cruel deportation agenda.

Yup, 2,000%. No typo there.
The number of non-criminal detainees arrested by ICE has surged by 2,000% under Trump. These charts show who's in detention.
The number of immigration detainees without criminal records held in detention after getting arrested by ICE has increased by over 2,000% since the start of the second Trump administration.
www.cbsnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
🌍 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You can be successful without being a billionaire. But most can’t be a billionaire without exploiting people and our planet.
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This isn’t inflation — it’s greedflation!
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
People across America, U.S. citizens or not, are experiencing the cruelty of ICE and know it is unacceptable! We’re organizing to make sure that in 2026, our vision for a more welcoming America turns into reality.
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🌎 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thanksgiving is a moment to be grateful — for one, grateful for many things including our unyielding fight for justice.

We celebrate each other today, and we fight for each other, always.
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Billionaires say we don’t deserve to live comfortably, but without exploiting us workers, they wouldn’t have those mansions and megayachts. It’s time workers take back what’s ours.
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM