Starbucks Workers United holds rally in NYC as strikes continue for a third week

Source: CNBC

Published Thu, Dec 4 2025 3:38 PM EST

By Amelia Lucas & Kate Rogers

NEW YORK — Starbucks

Workers United held a rally outside the Empire State Building on Thursday as its open-ended strike entered its third week and no signs of an impending resolution.

Adding to the crunch of holiday shoppers and tourists, several hundred picketers gathered outside of the famous landmark, which is also the site of a swanky three-floor Starbucks Reserve location and the company’s regional headquarters.

Members of other unions, like the AFL-CIO and Service Employees International Union, which is affiliated with Workers United, protested alongside baristas, chanting “No coffee, no contract” and “What’s disgusting? Union busting” between speakers.

“Their fight is a fight really for all of us, to workers across the country, to corporations like Starbucks, across the country that workers are fed up with the status quo, and they’re not going to take it anymore,” SEIU President April Verrett told CNBC.


Starbucks Workers United demonstrates outside of the Empire State Building as the union’s strike enters its third week.
CNBC | Amelia Lucas

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