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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Starbucks union workers in South Carolina confronted a manager on video. Employees say the company suspended them and closed the store

Starbucks Workers United

Starbucks workers at a store in Anderson, South Carolina, presented a letter of demands to their store manager on 1 August in an interaction that has since racked up millions of views on TikTok.

Workers at the store were the first in the south to form a union by a unanimous vote of 18-0, joining more than 200 unionised corporate-run retail stores representing thousands of workers at the coffee giant.

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