By Starbucks Workers United
Welcome to Solidarity Saturday, your weekly highlight reel and shortcut to staying plugged in.
Starbucks loves to advertise tuition assistance. What they don’t advertise: the minimum weekly hours you need to qualify, and the fact that understaffing makes those hours nearly impossible to guarantee. For too many baristas, a benefit you can’t access isn’t a benefit at all.
Shoutout to union baristas like Bee, who earned their degree while Starbucks made it as hard as possible. 
Guaranteed hours are at the bargaining table for a reason. Nobody should have to beg their employer for enough hours to stay in school or pay their bills. Advertise the benefit, guarantee the hours.
As a reminder, baristas are asking you: delete the app, don’t buy Starbucks, and share this with everyone you know.
And here’s this week’s brew:
They Knew What They Were Doing
Baristas in Roswell, Georgia filed for a union election and corporate suddenly found the hours they’d been withholding for months. Convenient. Corporations don’t change out of the goodness of their hearts. It takes workers standing up and saying enough. The rollback of hours and benefits ends when we make it end.
A barista who moved from Brazil breaks down exactly why skipping Starbucks is one of the easiest ways to push back against corporate greed right now. Customers are noticing the long wait times getting worse, too. Workers and customers want the same thing.
Queer and Trans Baristas Are Calling on You
Starbucks has become the biggest violator of labor law in modern U.S. history, and LGBTQ+ baristas are done with it. After the company tried to ban Pride flags in the past, queer and trans workers have been fighting back the best way they know how: organizing. A union contract means stronger protections, consistent hours, and accessible benefits for every worker. At a time when rights are being rolled back everywhere, the union is protection.
That’s why we’re organizing Be Gay and Organize: Pride Actions 2026 
— flyering at Pride events, talking with community members, and asking customers to Delete the App in solidarity with baristas. There’s still time! The only thing you need to organize at Pride is to show up. We’ll help you with the rest.
See you next Saturday. 
In solidarity,
Starbucks Workers United
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