Starbucks Workers Plan Walkout At Glenview Store: Report

GLENVIEW, IL — More than 1,000 workers at over 100 Starbucks locations across the country are striking this weekend — including potentially a Glenview store — according to Starbucks Workers United. The collective said the walkouts are part of the "Double Down Strike," a nationwide unfair labor practice strike against the coffee company.

Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that six Chicago-area Starbucks plan to join the strike between Friday and Sunday. The newspaper said hours for the planned walkouts vary, but included the 2760 Willow Road location as participating.

An employee at the Glenview location told Patch that there was no strike planned there Friday, but invited an editor to come to the store Saturday to discuss the situation further. Earlier this month, workers at the Glenview store formed a union by a unanimous 18-0 vote, according to union representatives.

According to Starbucks Workers United, the "Double Down Strike" is the "longest collective action in the campaign’s history and is the latest escalation against Starbucks’ ruthless campaign of anti-union bullying."

Other Starbucks locations in Chicagoland participating in the weekend strike include:

• 620 Northwest Highway, Cary
• 5964 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago
• 1601 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago
• 6350 N. Broadway, Chicago
• 6075 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago

According to its website, Starbucks Workers United is a collective of Starbucks Partners across the United States who are organizing "our workplaces with the support of Workers United Upstate, a union with experience building barista power."

In a news release, Starbucks Workers United said the National Labor Relations Board has issued over 45 official complaints, encompassing over 900 alleged violations of federal labor law, against Starbucks.