Starbucks and Brooklyn CUNY workers picket together in FiDi

CITYWIDE — STARBUCKS BARISTAS AND City University of New York workers staged a joint solidarity picket Friday outside the Starbucks at 2 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District, linking two high-profile labor fights. The action was part of the nationwide “Red Cup Rebellion,” as unionized Starbucks workers strike for a new contract and resolution of unfair labor practice charges.

The picket also backed the campaign to reinstate four Brooklyn College adjuncts fired last summer, a move their union says was retaliation for political activism. Roughly 70 workers, students and supporters joined the demonstration, including CUNY faculty, Amazon drivers seeking to unionize and New School faculty.