More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code
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More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas at 120 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday to protest a new company dress code.

Starbucks put new limits starting Monday on what its baristas can wear under their green aprons. The dress code requires employees at company-operated and licensed stores in the U.S. and Canada to wear a solid black shirt and khaki, black or blue denim bottoms.

Under the previous dress code, baristas could wear a broader range of dark colors and patterned shirts. Starbucks said the new rules would make its green aprons stand out and create a sense of familiarity for customers as it tries to establish a warmer, more welcoming feeling in its stores.

  • Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I can absolutely understand the frustration and unfairness of having to pay for clothes you wouldn’t typically wear, specifically for a role that is already underpaid and pretty miserable.

    I’m just saying that, to me, it feels a little dramatic, a little silly, to strike over it. Again, I understand and can empathise with the people affected by this policy and unhappy about it! I’m not happy that I have to pay for my train tickets to go to work – but I’ve always had to do that, for years, and I guess I just accept that as part of working life. To be clear, this is just my opinion. In my opinion, some expenses out of pocket are sort of just how work is, and as much as it sucks it’s just sort of the way of things.

    I don’t think I’ve come across as nitpicky or unfair so far in this discussion so I’m not sure exactly why you figured I’d nitpick you saying double.

    I hope the workers get their way and have this policy reversed – I agree that the uniform is bullshit.