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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Michael Sainato

Striking Starbucks workers urge customers to delete coffee chain’s app

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Starbucks Workers United members and supporters picket outside a Starbucks store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on 13 November 2025. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Striking Starbucks baristas are calling on customers of the world’s largest coffee chain to delete its popular mobile app in solidarity with their demands for a first union contract.

Starbucks Workers United, which has been coordinating a strike for almost three months, is vowing to press ahead.

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