![]() “We have nearly 10,000 stores open right now delighting our customers with the joy of Red Cup Day,” it said. When Starbucks was asked to comment, a public relations firm sent a general statement on behalf of the corporation. “But while executives watch the profits roll in, workers are understaffed and under-supported – all while Starbucks continues to run one of the worst union-busting campaigns in history.” “Red Cup Day, when Starbucks does a giveaway of their famous red holiday cups, is their biggest sales day of the year,” states the website. Parker and those joining her Thursday were providing cards to interested customers with a QR code for the Starbucks Workers United website, which asks the public to call on the corporation to bargain fairly with unionized workers. “They’re adding a promotional half-off on Thursdays and they aren’t giving us more staff, so we’re understaffed and we just want them to negotiate with the union before they do things like that, and this is kind of to bring awareness to that.” ![]() “We’re trying to spread information about the understaffing that’s happening at our stores,” she told the Michigan Advance. Starbucks workers strike in front of their Ann Arbor store at 300 S.
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