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Daisy Pitkin

@daisy-pitkin.bsky.social
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Union Organizer. Writer. Yinzer. Director at Starbucks Workers United. Author of ON THE LINE, Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union

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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 13h
St. Louis is a union town! The Board of Alderman officially resolved to Boycott Starbucks!
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Greg Casar @gregcasar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The CEO of Starbucks makes 1,700 times what the baristas make. He commutes by private jet. In other words, Starbucks can afford a fair contract. I'm boycotting Starbucks until they sign one. No contract, no coffee.
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President Megan E. Green @saintlouispres.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The BOA endorsed SWU and their call for a fair union contract by passing Resolution 127. I’m proud to stand with working people and #BoycottStarbucks until baristas win a fair contract. Starbucks’ workers are taking on a multi-billion dollar company. Let them know they aren’t doing it alone. ✊
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 15h
Hey @thebaffler.com: I just heard you hired Jackson Lewis to break your staff’s union? Are you serious!?! I’m proud of this piece and stand by its thesis that organizing is critically important work in the defense of democracy in the new gilded age.
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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 09/09/2026
“Librarians have, by hook and crook, picked up the frayed threads of the fabric of this country’s safety net.” thebaffler.com/latest/the-g...
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The Gospel of Organizing | Daisy Pitkin
More than a century after their founding, workers at library and museum systems founded by Gilded Age wealth are winning unions.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks.
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Boycott Starbucks and vote for people who are boycotting Starbucks!
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Tara @taradeenihan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I love the pecan crunch latte they do for fall, but I’m making a habit to go to local shops instead. Denver has a ton so it’s easy to support smaller businesses.
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Boycott Starbucks!
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Indivisible Shoreline WA❌👑 @indivisshorelinewa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Boycott Starbucks! bsky.app/profile/sbwo...
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United Campus Workers of Arizona, CWA Local 7065 @ucwarizona.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#Solidarity with our union siblings at Starbucks. Boycott Starbucks!
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Connecticut AFL-CIO @ctaflcio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS! ☕️✊ For nearly 5 years, union baristas have been fighting for a fair contract — one that would cost Starbucks less than a single day of sales. Take the pledge. Boycott Starbucks. Show that workers will stand with union baristas until they win a fair contract @sbworkersunited.org
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 26/09/2026
Starbucks is ending their DEI initiatives nationwide. If you’re a customer, BOYCOTT STARBUCKS. If you’re a Starbucks worker, organize your union to protect you and your coworkers before things get even worse.
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kenny mellman @kennymellman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
disgusting. Boycott.
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Fionn Pooler @thepourover.coffee · 25/09/2026
Starbucks recently settled a lawsuit with Florida over its DEI practices. While it has a long history of projecting itself as a progressive company, this capitulation is just the latest example of the company wearing its liberal bona fides lightly—and discarding them once they become inconvenient.
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Starbucks’ DEI Backslide
Starbucks wants you to think of it as a progressive company. But as its recent DEI lawsuit settlement shows, that reputation is has always been superficial.
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San Diego Education Association @sdeducators.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Unionized Starbucks baristas are pressuring the giant company to finally sign a contract with @sbworkersunited.org And as long as people keep buying their coffee, Starbucks can afford to stall! Stand with workers & #BoycottStarbucks! Support a local business instead! ☕ BoycottStarbucks.net
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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!
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Scott Medlock @scottmedlock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you bring Starbucks, I will judge you, but only because of your lack of solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org
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Fionn Pooler @thepourover.coffee · 25/09/2026
🔥from @sbworkersunited.org: “Starbucks has abandoned its core value of belonging to satisfy a right-wing agenda. Instead of standing up for the baristas and corporate workers that make the Starbucks experience what it is, the company has turned its back on us to curry favor with Florida politicians”
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 24/09/2026
Across America, @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing firm, growing louder, and demanding what should’ve been settled long ago: a fair union contract. This collective action of #NoContractNoCoffee has built real consumer pressure on Starbucks to stop illegal union busting!
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 24/09/2026
It has never been more clear why baristas need the backing of a union.
Today, Starbucks announced they’re closing about 250 US stores this week. A small number of these are union stores.

We expect to engage in effects bargaining for every impacted union store, as we have done elsewhere, over the conditions of these closures, including transfers so workers can be placed in another Starbucks store based on their preferences.

But let’s be clear - today’s announcement proves once again that ‘Back to Starbucks’ is nothing more than a betrayal of what workers and customers loved about the company.As Starbucks continues to close stores, violate labor law, hike up our healthcare premiums, and betray its core value of belonging to appease right-wing politicians, the company is moving farther away from everything it once was. Starbucks is becoming unrecognizable under CEO Brian Niccol — and that is why labor allies, elected officials, and customers are all joining together to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a fair union contract. Starbucks leadership is failing the company, and trouble is brewing for Starbucks. When just this month, the country’s most pro-business court of appeals called Starbucks a ‘repeat violator’ of labor law, it’s time for everyone to start paying attention.

* source: Starbucks v. NLRB, 24-60650 (5th Cir. 2026)


It has never been more clear why baristas need the backing of a union. We love our jobs, and we know Starbucks doesn’t run without us, so we’re organizing together to demand a better future and a fair contract.
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You heard her!
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you, @gallego.senate.gov for boycotting Starbucks!
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Matt D. Wilson @mattdwilson.net · 21/09/2026
Absolutely nuts for Starbucks to be like, "Now. Now's the right time for this move"
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Avi Henriques 🩸 @legalizegoblins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Drop Starbucks like you dropped Target, NOW.
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Katina Davis @katinadavis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you aren't already boycotting Starbucks, start now. Also delete the app!
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 21/09/2026
It's official: Starbucks is gutting DEI policies company-wide to curry favor with Florida politicians as our union's call for a boycott grows. Vote with your dollar. BOYCOTT STARBUCKS.
Fox News headline: Starbucks agrees to DEI overhaul after blockbuster Florida legal showdown. The coffee giant will pay $1M and submit annual compliance certifications for four years under the agreement
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Texas AFL-CIO @texasaflcio.org · 18/09/2026
Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history.  Support @sbworkersunited.org members across the country. Join the BOYCOTT! ➡️ BoycottStarbucks.net
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why #BoycottStarbucks? Because workers deserve to be treated with respect: a $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in stores &  basic workplace protections. Baristas have spent years fighting for a fair union contract—and they shouldn’t have to do it alone. ➡️ BoycottStarbucks.net
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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 17/09/2026
ed sheeran 🤝 starbucks and their union-busters
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As if you needed another reason to Boycott Starbucks: www.foxnews.com/politics/sta...
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Starbucks resolves Florida DEI lawsuit with blockbuster nationwide agreement
The Starbucks settlement requires four years of annual compliance certifications and applies to all company operations, not just Florida stores.
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not one cent to Starbucks until they settle a union contract!
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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In our first State of the Unions webinar, a worker-organizer with @sbworkersunited.org shared this inspiring message. Join the UCLA IRLE and @uclalabor.bsky.social for PART II revealing why securing a first union contract can take so long. RSVP at irle.ucla.edu/webinar
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Take the pledge alongside us and help the union baristas force Starbucks to sign a fair union contract. Fight back against billionaire greed (instead of kowtowing to it like… one ginger y’all have heard of) today! BoycottStarbucks.net
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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When workers fight back against the billionaires & of one of the largest megacorporations in the world, instead of caving in to their demands, we must stand in solidarity with them. That's why 50501 is proud to join workers to #BoycottStarbucks until baristas win a fair union contract!
Boycott Starbucks.

No contract?
No coffee.

Period.

Boycottstarbucks.net
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We’re proud to join workers to #BoycottStarbucks until baristas win a fair union contract. We’re fed up with unchecked corporate greed and wealthy executives ignoring their workers. Let’s show Starbucks that working people stand together ➡️ BoycottStarbucks.net @sbworkersunited.org
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DC Jobs With Justice @dcjwj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
are y'all on the Starbucks boycott with @sbworkersunited.org ?? take the pledge: www.boycottstarbucks.net
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Starbucks says that they pay $30 an hour, if you include benefits. @sbworkersunited.org explains that employees don’t make anywhere near that amount. #unions #econsky Watch: cepr.net/publications/mostly-econom…
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey Starbucks: You can run (to TN), but you can’t hide! www.axios.com/local/nashvi...
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Mayor O'Connell attends gathering in support of Starbucks workers unionizing effort
Mayor Freddie O'Connell attended a union event last week in support of Starbucks workers seeking to organize for better benefits.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 14/09/2026
One week ago, Mayor Mamdani established the Mayor’s Office of Worker Power, which provides NYC workers resources to organize, build power, and improve their working conditions. Thank you to @mayor.nyc.gov, @juliesulabor.bsky.social, and everyone involved for inviting us to the public unveiling!
A large group of workers, including Starbucks Workers United members, stand around Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he announces the Mayor's Office of Worker Power. Signs are held that say "Worker Power" and "Boycott Starbucks"Starbucks workers pose with members of the New York City Mayor's administration, including Julie Su. A sign is held up that says "Boycott Starbucks"
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 14/09/2026
More Starbucks partners are organizing and WINNING unions every month! Congratulations to baristas in Conway, AR who are standing up to corporate greed and demanding a fair union contract! ✊
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
boycotts are easy to understand! when the union says "please boycott this company until they give workers a fair shake," we just don't go there any more! we can stop by the picket line and donate lunches or money, too! solidarity is fuckin awesome! with enough of it we can change the world!
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hell Yeah. Thank you @themountaingoats.bsky.social! UP with the workers!
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The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO @thelafed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 5 yrs & 700 union wins later, Starbucks is still refusing to finalize a fair, first union contract with our siblings @sbworkersunited.org. Let's stand in solidarity with them in boycotting Starbucks now & sign the pledge at the link: www.boycottstarbucks.net#pledge-now 📲
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 11/09/2026
Talk about a busy week! Even MORE Starbucks workers organized and won unions this week! 🎉 Working people are fed up with corporations that can afford to do better, but won't. It's no wonder our union continues to grow! CONGRATS to partners in ✊SAN DIEGO, CA ✊QUEENS, NY
Eight Starbucks workers stand behind the counter with Starbucks Workers United buttons and smile.Nine Starbucks workers pose and smile in front of their store after winning their union election.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12/09/2026
Why does Starbucks keep failing their baristas? Partners in Ponca City, Oklahoma are organizing a union to demand reasonable and fair improvements to their workplace alongside over 12,000 union baristas across the country!
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’m still proud of this essay. Thanks to The Baffler for publishing it!
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Boycott Starbucks!
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 10/09/2026
A barista from Washington took on Starbucks with their union and won over TWO YEARS worth of pay. If you think this is the only time Starbucks has had to pay up at union stores... think again. ✊
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Truekook⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ @truekook.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
This should be an easy boycott. Tell all your people why you're boycotting and why they should too.
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