Baristas at one of Tampa Bay’s only unionized Starbucks locations in Clearwater joined a national strikethis week to secure a fair union contract.
Workers at dozens of other locations across the country, unionized with Starbucks Workers United, have gradually joined the strike that began Nov. 13, leveraging an escalation strategy used by the United Auto Workers union during their “Stand Up” strike against automakers Ford, General Motors and Stellantis in 2023.
Starbucks workers at the 433 Cleveland St. location joined the strike early Thursday morning, which has now spread across 180 locations in 34 cities, including two unionized Starbucks locations in West Palm Beach—the first in Florida to join the strike last week—and Oviedo, near Orlando…