Kristin Toussaint at Fast Company reports on Michelle Eisen, a 15-year Starbucks veteran, who is a Barista for the coffee chain at a location in Buffalo, New York - the first Starbucks store to Unionize back in December 2021. But on a Tuesday in March, Eisen was at a Pittsburgh Starbucks to participate in what Starbucks Workers United Members have dubbed “sip-ins,” which involve Union Workers and allies hanging out for hours in a Starbucks store, ordering drinks under names like “Union Strong” and leaving tips for workers. In the weekend leading up to that Tuesday, Union Members held more than 100 sip-ins across the country. It was a message to Starbucks management: Union workers were calling attention to the fact that, more than three and a half years after organizing their first store, they still didn’t have a contract. Negotiations between the union and the company have broken down, members say. But the Pittsburgh action was more than just a sip-in. Partway through, the Workers at that store announced that they were on Strike and walked out. Most of the attendees followed, forming a picket line on the sidewalk. Eisen and four others stayed in the store, refusing to leave. The sip-in had turned into an occupation. 

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