Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) baristas across the United States have intensified their labor actions in 2025, staging walkouts and strikes over unresolved contract negotiations and workplace policies. The latest wave of protests was triggered by the coffee chain giant's new dress code policy,

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas went on strike last weekend in protest of the coffee chain’s new dress code, a union representing the workers said Wednesday.

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas across 75 US stores are currently on strike as they challenge the coffee giant's newly implemented dress code, The new dress code, effective from Monday, restricts what baristas can wear beneath their signature green aprons.