Last-minute holiday shoppers looking for a caffeine fix at the Alpharetta Starbucks were met not with the usual festive cheer but with a collective call for higher wages as baristas joined a nationwide strike. The workers at the Haynes Bridge Road and North Point Parkway location have linked arms in solidarity with a bigger movement that is demanding Starbucks negotiate new contract terms for improved pay and work conditions. With Georgia now joining the nine-state disruption, the striking baristas are advocating for an immediate 64% increase in hourly minimum wages, with aspirations to see a 77% increase over the next three years.