Picture This: Protesters Express Solidarity With Unionizing Starbucks Employees
Area residents Kelly Broadbear and Matt Powell hold signs in protest outside the Vienna Starbucks on Grand Central Avenue Friday. Another participant, Eric Engle, said the group was showing solidarity with striking Starbucks workers at unionized stores elsewhere in the country. The Vienna store is not unionized, he said. According to the Associated Press, the strike began Nov. 13 on Starbucks’ Red Cup Day. Starbucks have said the strike has caused minimal disruption to its operations. Striking workers are protesting a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the company. They say they are seeking better pay, improved staffing in stores and a resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice charges filed against the company. Starbucks said it is prepared to talk when the union is ready to return to the bargaining table. Negotiations ended in April. (Photo provided by Eric Engle)
A sign is displayed by area residents protesting outside the Starbucks on Grand Central Avenue in Vienna Friday. (Photo provided by Eric Engle)
Area residents Kelly Broadbear and Matt Powell hold signs in protest outside the Vienna Starbucks on Grand Central Avenue Friday. Another participant, Eric Engle, said the group was showing solidarity with striking Starbucks workers at unionized stores elsewhere in the country. The Vienna store is not unionized, he said. According to the Associated Press, the strike began Nov. 13 on Starbucks’ Red Cup Day. Starbucks have said the strike has caused minimal disruption to its operations. Striking workers are protesting a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the company. They say they are seeking better pay, improved staffing in stores and a resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice charges filed against the company. Starbucks said it is prepared to talk when the union is ready to return to the bargaining table. Negotiations ended in April. (Photo provided by Eric Engle)
A sign is displayed by area residents protesting outside the Starbucks on Grand Central Avenue in Vienna Friday. (Photo provided by Eric Engle)