Starbucks workers strike for 5th day

Thousands of Starbucks employees remain on strike demanding fair wages and backpay from the coffee giant.

SEATTLE — A nationwide strike against Starbucks is now in its fifth day. Across the country Starbucks employee say they want higher wages and back pay they say the company owes them. 

The Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has been closed for five days because of the strike.

“This store alone has cost Starbucks tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue,” Mari Cosgrove, a barista who works at the Capitol Hill location, said. Despite the strike falling on Christmas Eve, employees from coast to

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