Starbucks Strike

A nationwide strike by Starbucks workers includes those in Danbury. On Thursday, about a dozen Starbucks workers marched outside the store on Newtown Road in Danbury, claiming they are underpaid. The workers were united under cries of “no contract, no coffee” as the carried picket signs in front of the Starbucks in the Berkshire Shopping Center as part of a nationwide one-day strike in which Starbucks employees across the country called for higher wages and improved working conditions. They say they chose yesterday because it was “Red Cup Giveaway Day” … the day each year that Starbucks gives free reusable red holiday cups to customers who order handcrafted holiday beverages