The march was part of a push to organize workers at Starbucks and Amazon.
Hundreds marched into downtown Seattle in support of Starbucks’ newly unionized workers, despite harrowing stories from around the country.This latest push comes as the flagship Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle voted to unionize this week.At the center of that fight here is Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant.Sawant’s contribution is how union organizers were able to bring Starbucks workers here from around the country.
Workers came here to Cal Anderson Park to share their stories and add their voices to what they say is a national movement to unionize Starbucks, as well as Amazon. Hundreds of people, many of them workers at Starbucks in the Emerald City and beyond, took to the streets of Seattle. Here, they said, they intended to send a message to newly reappointed CEO Howard Schultz.
Their chants rang out as they made their way to Westlake Park unescorted by Seattle police, giving a boost to workers on the front lines.Scroll down to continue reading
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