{"id":58111,"date":"2025-12-02T04:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T04:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/58111\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T04:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T04:16:10","slug":"zohran-mamdani-bernie-sanders-join-striking-starbucks-workers-as-city-approves-39m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/58111\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders join striking Starbucks workers &#8212; as city approves $39M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re venti mad.<\/p>\n<p>Socialist superstars Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday joined <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/28\/business\/starbucks-workers-union-escalates-strike-on-black-friday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">striking Starbucks workers<\/a> in Brooklyn \u2014 hours after outgoing Hizzoner Eric Adams unveiled a $39 million settlement for baristas\u2019 lost wages.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from the picket line outside a Gowanus Starbucks, Mamdani tied the coffee chain union\u2019s wider strike to his campaign\u2019s \u2014 and incoming City Hall\u2019s \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-policies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">focus on affordability<\/a> and elevating the lives of downtrodden workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause all of us are united in the belief that we must build in New York where every worker can live a life of decency,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must build a New York where our words do not ring hollow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we say that this is a union town, and we must build a New York where the workers who power it are able to afford to live in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders joined striking Starbucks workers on the picket line Monday. Stephen Yang for the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The show of solidarity came as Adams announced the city struck a record-breaking worker protection settlement for 15,000 Starbucks employees who were illegally denied predictable schedules.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement will give those workers $50 for each week worked from July 4, 2021 to July 7, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this landmark settlement, we\u2019ll put tens of millions of dollars back into the pockets of hard-working New Yorkers and reinforce every New Yorker\u2019s right to a reliable schedule, full hours, and basic dignity,\u201d Adams said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Unionized Starbucks workers in more than 100 stores are on strike. Stephen Yang for the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The union wants a contract with better wages and improved hours. Stephen Yang for the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>But the settlement only covers past violations in New York City, not the ongoing demands from the union for higher wages, better staffing and improved working hours. <\/p>\n<p>The strike affects more than 100 stores in nearly as many cities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the stores, you can see the effects of understaffing and low hours for people,\u201d said Kaari Harsila, 21, a strike captain for the Starbucks Workers United union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they come back to the table and once they come back to the table to finalize the contract, we will be ready to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/27\/business\/starbucks-ceo-brian-niccol-got-96-million-for-four-months-work\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">awarded $96 million in pay<\/a> after just four months on the job, while many of his workers live paycheck-to-paycheck, Mamdani and Sanders seethed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living in an economy where the people on top have never, ever had it so good,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They\u2019re venti mad. 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