Thousands of Starbucks workers are expected to go on a one-day strike
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Isabel Johnston, left, and John Papandrea carry signs supporting Starbucks workers outside a Starbucks on New York's Upper West Side, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Thousands of workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday in what organizers say is the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)A coalition of unions and supporters join Starbucks workers at a rally outside a midtown Manhattan Starbucks coffee store calling for a "fair schedules and wages," Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, far left, and N.Y. State Senator Jessica Ramos, second from left, join union activist Riley Fell, center, who unsuccessfully tries to deliver a petition at a Starbucks store calling for "fair schedule and wages" for its workers, as protestors gathered outside at a rally, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Protestors among a coalition of unions and Starbucks workers rally outside a midtown Manhattan Starbucks coffee store, calling for a "fair schedules and wages," Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Manny Pastreich, right, president of service workers union SEIU local 32BJ, address a coalition of unions and supporters of Starbucks workers, during a rally outside a midtown Manhattan Starbucks coffee store, calling for "fair schedules and wages," Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in New York. Pastreich said, "if you don't know your schedule how do you take care of your families?" (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, center, uses a megaphone to address a coalition of unions and supporters of Starbucks workers, during a rally outside a midtown Manhattan Starbucks coffee store, calling for "fair schedules and wages," Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Cassandra Gonzalez holds a "union" sign while passing in front a Starbucks logo as workers participate in a walkout and strike during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, near Pike Place Market in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Starbucks workers and allies walk in front of Pike Place Market as they participate in a walkout and strike during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at a location in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Starbucks workers and allies participate in a strike and picket organized by Starbucks Workers United during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at a location near Pike Place Market in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Starbucks workers and allies participate in a strike and picket organized by Starbucks Workers United during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at a location near Pike Place Market in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Organizer Quint Palermo, center, reads off chants as Starbucks workers and allies participate in a walkout and strike during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, near Pike Place Market in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A Starbucks employee holds a sign reading "No contract, no coffee! No cup" as workers participate in a walkout and strike during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at the company's first Reserve roastery in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Employee Quint Palermo wears union pins on their jacket as Starbucks workers participate in a walkout and strike during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at the company's first Reserve roastery in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A customer looks out at Starbucks workers as they participate in a walkout and strike action organized by Starbucks Workers United during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at the company's first Reserve roastery in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Starbucks manager Jeremy Jaureguito, in plaid, monitors the doors with security guards as workers participate in a walkout and strike organized by Starbucks Workers United during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at the company's first Reserve roastery in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Starbucks workers hold signs as they participate in a strike organized by Starbucks Workers United during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at the company's first Reserve roastery in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A demonstrator holds up a Starbucks Workers United "Red Cup Rebellion" sign as workers and allies participate in a strike and picket during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, near Pike Place Market in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A demonstrator holds up a sign referencing Starbucks profits as workers participate in a walkout and strike organized by Starbucks Workers United during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at the company's first Reserve roastery in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A coalition of unions and supporters join Starbucks workers at a rally outside a midtown Manhattan Starbucks coffee store, calling for "fair schedules and wages," Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Starbucks workers and allies participate in a strike and picket organized by Starbucks Workers United during the company's Red Cup Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, near Pike Place Market in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A coalition of unions and supporters join Starbucks workers at a rally outside a midtown Manhattan Starbucks coffee store, calling for a "fair schedules and wages," Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Arlene Geiger, left, holds a sign supporting Starbucks workers outside a Starbucks on New York's Upper West Side, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Thousands of workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday in what organizers say is the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Three people hold signs supporting Starbucks workers gather outside a Starbucks on New York's Upper West Side, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Thousands of workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday in what organizers say is the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Isabel Johnston holds a sign supporting Starbucks workers outside a Starbucks on New York's Upper West Side, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Thousands of workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday in what organizers say is the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Isabel Johnston, left, and John Papandrea carry signs supporting Starbucks workers outside a Starbucks on New York's Upper West Side, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Thousands of workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday in what organizers say is the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)