(Reuters) – Starbucks (NASDAQ:) employees have expanded their strike to 4 extra U.S. cities, together with New York, the union representing over 10,000 baristas mentioned late on Saturday.
The five-day strike, which started on Friday and initially closed Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, has added New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis, Employees United mentioned in a press release. It didn’t say the place the New Jersey walkout was occurring.
Starbucks didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark exterior common enterprise hours.
Talks between the espresso chain and the union hit an deadlock with unresolved points over wages, staffing and schedules, resulting in the strike.
The union is placing in 10 cities, additionally together with Columbus (WA:), Denver and Pittsburgh, throughout the busy vacation season which will influence the corporate’s Christmas gross sales.
Employees United warned on Friday that the strike may attain “hundreds of stores” by Tuesday, Christmas Eve.
Starbucks started negotiations with the union in April. It mentioned this month it had performed greater than eight bargaining periods, throughout which 30 agreements had been reached.
The corporate operates greater than 11,000 shops in the USA, using about 200,000 employees.
