Following a 92% vote by unionized Starbucks workers last week to authorize a nationwide unfair labor practice, over 100  U.S. Senators and Representatives sent letters to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol urging the company to end its anti-union campaign and bargain a fair first contract with Starbucks Workers United baristas. 

26 U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, wrote:

“We are writing to express concern regarding Starbucks’ failure to reach a fair first contract with its baristas. Additionally, we have heard of a troubling return to union busting, which has impeded the ability of Starbucks workers—many of whom are our constituents—to exercise their statutory and constitutional right to organize. […] Starbucks must reverse course from its current posture, resolve its existing labor disputes, and bargain a fair contract in good faith with these employees.”

82 U.S. Representatives, led by Rep. Pramilla Jayapal and the House Labor Caucus, wrote:

“Given that it is the policy of the United States to encourage collective bargaining under the National Labor Relations Act, we urge Starbucks to end its union busting and bargain in good faith to reach a fair contract with its employees. […] Despite that extravagant spending on executives and shareholders, Starbucks still has yet to reach an agreement with its own workers. To make matters worse, Starbucks recently began closing stores across the country and laying off hundreds of workers as part of its $1 billion restructuring plan. It is clear that Starbucks has the money to reach a fair agreement with its workers.”

Read the letter from the U.S. Senators HERE and the U.S. Representatives HERE.