The Starbucks Workers United union started a strike in three cities - Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles - on Friday, December 20.
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The Starbucks Workers United union started a strike in three cities - Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles - on Friday, December 20.
Mandatory Credit: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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Starbucks union goes on strike in three cities

Members of Starbucks Workers United staged their first strike in 13 months Friday and plan an escalating strike between now and Christmas Eve in what would become the union’s largest work stoppage since the organizing campaign started at the coffee retailer three years ago.