More than 2,000 unionized Starbucks baristas walked out on the job Thursday, crippling some 100 stores across the country on one of the company’s busiest — and most profitable — days. Members of the Starbucks Workers United union walked out during the java giant’s much-anticipated Red Cup Day, a holiday mug giveaway that draws lines of customers before the stores open at the crack of dawn. Instead, the workers handed out their own red union branded cups to customers. The workers were protesting the company’s “union-busting tactics,” the organization said in a statement. The baristas say they are “underpaid, forced to run understaffed stores and they don’t have consistent schedules they can rely on,” according to the union. They also claim that Starbucks is not bargaining in “good faith” and that management has walked away from the table during collective bargaining contract discussions. Red Cup Day is one of Starbucks’ most profitable promotions. Twitter\/Starbucks Some 260 stores, representing nearly 7,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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