"She also delivered a message directly to the corporate leadership of Starbucks. "This is your hometown and mine," she said. "Seattle's making some changes right now, and I urge you to do the right thing. Because in Seattle, when workers' rights are under attack, what do we do?" To which the crowd responded in a chant-style response: "Stand up! Fight back!""
"At a rally with New York City workers outside a Starbucks location on Thursday, Mamdani referenced the massive disparity between profits and executive pay at the company compared to what the average barista makes. The striking workers, said Mamdani, "are asking for a salary they can actually live off of. They are asking for hours they can actually build their life around.""
Katie Wilson, mayor-elect in Seattle where Starbucks was founded and maintains its corporate headquarters, joined striking Starbucks workers on the picket line the same day she was declared the winner. She urged residents not to buy from Starbucks and challenged corporate leadership to "do the right thing," while the crowd chanted in support. Omoyele Mamdani called for nationwide backing of an Unfair Labor Practices strike and urged people to honor picket lines. Mamdani highlighted disparities between company profits and executive pay versus barista wages and said workers deserve livable pay, predictable hours, resolution of labor law violations, and municipal support. The U.S. is characterized as facing authoritarian risks, with claims that corporate news outlets are capitulating to Trump while a small progressive reporting team is presented as producing consequential coverage.
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