Starbucks Workers Start Holiday Strike—What To Know And Where Workers Are Picketing

ToplineStarbucks baristas at about 15 locations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle walked off the job Friday morning in a holiday strike they say will spread to hundreds of stores by Christmas Eve next Tuesday unless the company ups its wage offer in contract negotiations that have been ongoing for the better part of the year.A Starbucks store with union signs in Brookline, Mass. Boston Globe via Getty Images Key FactsStarbucks Workers United, which represents about 12,000 baristas at 530 company-owned sto ...