Starbucks workers kick off 65-store US strike on company's busy Red Cup Day

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00:00Shut it down!

00:04Shut it down!

00:06We'll never be defeated!

00:11We'll never be defeated!

00:14I believe that we will win!

00:16I believe that we will win!

00:18I believe that we will win!

00:20No contract!

00:22No contract!

00:24No contract!

00:26Three, four,

00:28one!

00:30Union, you say power!

00:32Union, power!

00:34Union, power!

00:36While Starbucks refuses to come to the table

00:38and negotiate in good faith,

00:40they are profiting off the sweat

00:42of my brow.

00:44I work holidays and weekends,

00:46but Brian Nichols doesn't think

00:48my union is worth negotiating with.

00:50No!

00:52Every day,

00:54every week, I wake up

00:56at 4 a.m.

00:58so I can make coffee for people

01:00on their way to work.

01:02And every week,

01:04I still have to worry

01:06if I'll even be guaranteed

01:08those difficult hours the next week.

01:10But Brian Nichols doesn't think

01:12my union is worth negotiating with.

01:14Shame!

01:16Working at Starbucks,

01:17I have gotten

01:18tennis elbow,

01:19gopher's elbow,

01:20and carpal tunnel,

01:22but Brian Nichols

01:23does not think

01:24my union is worth negotiating with.

01:26Shame!

01:28Shame!

01:29Last year,

01:30Brian Nichols made

01:3296 million dollars

01:34in four months!

01:36Shame!

01:38Sitting behind a desk,

01:40working full-time,

01:42it would take me

01:442,941 years

01:48to earn the same amount.

01:50I want to know

01:52what kind of appreciation

01:53for our work

01:54standing behind a hot bar.

01:56The union has been clear

01:58in contract negotiations.

02:00We want better take-home pay,

02:03more regular hours,

02:04and the resolution

02:06of the hundreds

02:07of unfair labour practices

02:09that are endemic to Starbucks.

02:11But the company

02:12does not want to hear it.

02:14They refuse to entertain

02:16any new proposals

02:17that will allow us

02:18to resolve a contract.

02:20They don't think

02:21they have to negotiate.

02:23They think

02:24Brian Nichols thinks

02:25that he can shut us up.

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