It also countered the union’s claim that the company won’t bargain, saying Workers United has not met to advance contract bargaining in five months. In a statement, Starbucks spokesperson Andrew Trull said that promotions have long been used in the company’s history and that store leaders have flexibility to adjust staff schedules to meet the demands of the store. Sinconegui said most of the store called out or came to the strike, but managers and workers pulled from other stores were staffing it during the walkout.

Notably, customers were still milling about at the location. “Especially on the busiest day of the year.” We get understaffed, under-scheduled and under-houred, and we just deal with it,” said Ares Sinconegui, a barista at the Rainbow and Oakey boulevards location. “I think Red Cup Day is a microcosm of what happens throughout the year. On Red Cup Day, the customer demands can turn angry when the supply of red cups runs out. Promotion days and mass-pushed offers cause a flood of customers to stores without enough staffing to cover the rush, according to the release. Starbucks workers say they want the company to turn off mobile ordering on future promotion days - things they say are scheduled with increasing frequency. “That’s why we’re here: no contract, no coffee.” “One of our hopes to get from this is for other people to recognize that Starbucks has not met us at the table time and time again, and walked out of many conversations,” Zarain Pouncy, a barista at the Clark Avenue and Casino Center Boulevard location, said. The strike comes on Red Cup Day, when the company hands out tens of thousands of free reusable cups, one of its busiest customer traffic days of the year, the union said in a Thursday news release. Starbucks workers at three stores in Las Vegas walked off the job Thursday, joining a coast-to-coast “Red Cup Rebellion” of workers hosting a brief strike on one of the busiest days of the year.īaristas across the country are demanding the multinational coffee chain bargain with the Starbucks Workers United over staffing, scheduling and other issues.

Workers say they are calling on the coffee chain to negotiate a contract at three union locations in the Vegas area. location near Oakey Boulevard walk off the job on Thursday, Nov.

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