New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders joined striking Starbucks workers in Brooklyn as the coffee giant faces a record-breaking $38.9 million settlement for more than half a million violations of NYC’s Fair Workweek Law. The two leaders blasted what they called “corporate greed” and stood with baristas demanding stable schedules, fair treatment, and an end to union-busting tactics. The strike comes amid 120 store walkouts nationwide, intensifying a growing backlash against Starbucks’ labor practices. #mamdani #berniesanders #US #apt
00:10New York is a union, now get up! Get down! New York is a union, now get up! Get down!
00:27What's disgusting! Union busting! What's outrageous!
00:32Starless wages! What's up politics!
00:35Cross that picket line!
00:39Don't cross that picket line!
00:57The voices of everyday working people are not amplified with the volume that management so easily receives.
01:09Like so many working people across this city, these are not demands of greed. These are demands for decency.
01:19These are workers who are simply being asked to be treated with the respect that they deserve.
01:25They're being asked that their labor be repaid in a manner that allows them to build a dignified life.
01:35And I joined them because I want to do everything that I can to show my solidarity, but also because I know that far too often, the voices of everyday working people are not amplified with the volume that management so easily receives.
01:45So I want to share a few numbers with you here this afternoon, numbers that I hope will place this struggle into some sense of perspective.
01:52And I want to share a few numbers with you here this afternoon, numbers that I hope will place this struggle into some sense of perspective.
02:00$36.2 billion.
02:15$36.2 billion.
02:18That is the amount of money that Starbucks made in revenue just last year.
02:22$95.8 million.
02:27That's the compensation package that Starbucks CEO Brian Nickel earned for four months of work last year.
02:34$6,666.
02:40That is how much times larger Nickel's pay was than the average Starbucks barista's salary.
02:46$400.
02:49That is how many labor law violations the NLRB has found that Starbucks has committed.
02:55$120.
02:58$120.
02:59That's the amount of stores that are on strike.
03:01And $85.
03:02The number of cities that they are taking place in.
03:05Now, what these numbers show us are a two-pronged picture.
03:11On one side, corporate greed and self-enrichment at the cost of its own workers.
03:16And on the other, remarkable solidarity by those workers who have been exploited and mistreated time and time again.
03:23Solidarity, as much as we speak of it, we have to remember, is not an abstract concept.
03:29It is measured in picket lines, stood on in the rain and in the sleet.
03:34It is measured in rent payments that workers do not know if they will be able to meet.
03:38Childcare bills they do not know whether they will be able to afford.
03:42And it is measured in strangers who have never met one another, linking arms to fight for a shared goal and a fairer future.
03:51It is an honor for my wife and me to be here with you to stand with striking Starbucks workers who are telling this company they are sick and tired of corporate greed and sick and tired of union busting.
04:12And what the mayor-elect just pointed out is that what is happening here on this picket line is happening all over this country.
04:25We are living in an economy where the people on top have never, ever had it so good.
04:34You are one man owning more wealth than the bottom 52% of American households.
04:44And while the CEOs make unbelievable salaries, 60% of our people in Vermont, in New York City, all over this country are living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to pay the rent, struggling to pay for health care.
05:03struggling to put food on the table.
05:08And what Saran and I are dedicated to is creating a nation and an economy which works for all of us, not just the 1%.
05:22So I just want to thank the Starbucks workers for their courage here and around this country.
05:30We are going to prevail.
05:33We are going to prevail.
05:34Sorry.
05:35You're going to grab the mic to me.
05:36Okay.
05:37Come back.
05:38Who is that woman with?
05:39Who are you with?
05:40It doesn't matter.
05:41It does matter.
05:42Because you're not going to come here and be rude.
05:44Brian's pockets are lined with gold.
05:45Lies and tricks will not be.
05:46Lies and tricks will not be.
05:47Workers standing side by side.
05:49No, no, no, no.
05:50Lies and tricks will not be.
05:51Lies and tricks will not be.
05:55Lies and tricks will not be.
05:56Workers standing side by side.
05:57No, no, no.
05:58Voting for justice, fighting for justice, out of contact.
06:05New York is a union town here.
06:12That is how your coffee's made.
06:15That is how your coffee's made.
06:20Union busting.
06:25No coffee, no coffee.
06:41So we tell them, no coffee, no coffee.
06:51We are the union, too.
06:54A little bit louder, three.
06:57We're out here fighting for our contract.
07:00People here are collaborating with Starbucks workers.
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