Madison Starbucks locations on State Street, Main Street, and Rimrock Road closed on Christmas Eve as employees joined a national strike and picketed outside the city’s downtown East Main Starbucks location, according to WMTV15. The closed locations stated on signs outside that they would reopen today.
Starbucks Workers United, which in 2021 began unionization efforts, is protesting lack of contract negotiation progress with the company. It says Starbucks has failed to honor its February commitment to reach a labor agreement in 2024.
The strike started Friday in Starbucks’ hometown, Seattle, and Los Angeles and Chicago. By Monday, it continued to New York, Denver, Pittsburg, Boston, Dallas, and Portland, Oregon.
