00:00We are workers at the end of the day because all of us are united in the belief that we must build a New York where every worker can live a life of decency.
00:13Get down. New York is a union town. Get up. Get down. New York is a union town. Every day. No coffee. No coffee.
00:27Is that what is happening here on this picket line is happening all over this country.
00:34We are living in an economy where the people on top have never, ever had it so good.
00:43Striking Starbucks baristas in Brooklyn got a major boost on Monday when Senator Bernie Sanders and New York City Mayor-elect Zoran Mondani arrived at their picket line,
00:54bringing national attention and star power to a growing labor movement.
00:59And we have so many workers who have inspired us every single day.
01:03And I just want to say thank you before we even start the Q&A portion of this.
01:07We are workers at the end of the day.
01:10And I'm proud to be here today and proud that senior members of my transition team and administration have joined Starbucks picket lines in the days and weeks prior.
01:20The strike comes just as New York City announced a $38.9 million settlement with Starbucks after a multi-year investigation found the company committed more than 500,000 violations of the city's Fair Workweek law.
01:37These violations included cutting workers' hours without notice, forcing unpredictable schedules, and keeping thousands of baristas involuntarily part-time.
01:46More than 15,000 NYC baristas are now expected to receive restitution checks this winter.
01:54Against this backdrop, Sanders and Mondani stood shoulder-to-shoulder with workers in Brooklyn, taking photos, chanting with organizers, and sharply criticizing Starbucks' labor practices.
02:06Mondani, who previously urged New Yorkers to boycott Starbucks during the strike, held a sign reading,
02:12No contract, no Starbucks.
02:15Because all of us are united in the belief that we must build a New York where every worker can live a life of decency.
02:24We must build a New York where our words do not ring hollow as we say that this is a union town.
02:31And we must build a New York where the workers who power it are able to afford to live in it.
02:37Thank you so much.
02:38When I met with the president, I made very clear that these kinds of raids are cruel and inhumane.
02:48That they are raids that do nothing to serve the interests of public safety.
02:53And that my responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home.
02:59And that includes millions of immigrants, of which I am one.
03:02And I am proud.
03:03Is that what is happening here on this picket line is happening all over this country.
03:12We are living in an economy where the people on top have never, ever had it so good.
03:20You got one man owning more wealth than the bottom 52% of American households.
03:28He won because he had the guts to talk about the oligarchs and saying that when he was going
03:38to become mayor and when he will become mayor, he's going to stand with the workers here at
03:43Starbucks and workers all over this city.
03:46And what we are seeing in America right now, in congressional races, in Senate races, you're
03:53seeing more and more candidates standing up exactly the same way that Iran did.
03:59Sanders praised the workers for demanding predictable schedules and fair wages, while Mamdani highlighted
04:06the company's pay disparities.
04:07On X, he contrasted Starbucks CEO Brian Nichols' $95 million salary with workers striking for
04:16the bare minimum.
04:17The strike began on Red Cup Day, one of Starbucks's biggest sales days of the year, and has since
04:23spread to dozens of stores across the U.S.
04:25The union says the walkout could grow to more than 500 stores if negotiations don't move forward.
04:32Workers United called the city's massive settlement a major victory.
04:35Proof, they say, that baristas are gaining power by standing together.
04:40As one worker, Kai Fritz, put it,
04:44We are continuing to fight back against Starbucks's greed and won't stop until we have a fair contract.
04:50With high-profile allies now joining the picket line, the fight for better conditions at Starbucks
04:55is entering a new, more energized chapter.
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