More than 1,200 Starbucks employees represented by the Starbucks Workers United labor union have gone on strike over changes to uniform standards that workers say are a distraction from bigger ...

according to Starbucks Workers United, a union representing the coffee giant's U.S. workers. Starbucks put new limits starting Monday on what its baristas can wear under their green aprons.

Starbucks, which has nearly 10,000 company-owned stores in the U.S., said it would provide workers with two new branded T-shirts at no cost. The union representing workers, however, claims the ...