Dear LCLAA Members and Allies,
Earlier this week LCLAA launched our nationwide “Show the Love” campaign to show our solidarity with Starbucks workers and to show union-busters the size and the power of our network. More than fifteen chapters took action on our launch day – holding rallies, visiting their local Starbucks, and striking up conversations about the power of the union difference.
Over the years Starbucks has fired workers, closed unionized stores, and committed unfair labor practices in their attempts to discourage workers across the nation from exercising their right to collectively bargain. They have been determined to maintain their appearance as a progressive company and have tried their hardest to destroy any momentum to unionize and to quiet any backlash. Our campaign shows these workers that they are not alone as they face a corporate giant and that LCLAA is right there behind them.
I want to thank all of our members, chapters, and allies who have been able to join the campaign in-person at a nearby Starbucks and those who joined in our digital campaign and Twitterstorm. I encourage all of you to maintain our campaign which runs to the end of the month. We must continue to show up and stand up for workers who have stood in solidarity with us in the past. We must remind Howard Schultz that our movement will never back down and that we will never let an organizing campaign be isolated from our labor family.
Yanira Merino
National President of LCLAA
