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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Starbucks workers celebrate International Workers’ Day by going on strike

Nathan Metcalf May 3, 2023
Starbucks workers went on a one-day strike, forming a picket line outside 874 Commonwealth Ave. on Monday to protest their employer’s unfair labor practices and to celebrate International Workers’ Day.
East to West: Nov. 21, 2022

East to West: Nov. 21, 2022

Ellen Maloney November 21, 2022

Almost Thanksgiving break! Today on East to West we cover Commonwealth Avenue Starbucks strike, nightcap scrunchies in GSU vending machine, and more. Click here to stream this episode of “East to...

East to West: Sept. 26, 2022

East to West: Sept. 26, 2022

Ellen Maloney September 26, 2022

The longest strike in Starbucks’s history has come to an end! Today on East to West we cover a stabbing at the College of Fine Arts, students' thoughts on longer FitRec wait times, the historic Starbucks’s...

Starbucks union strike

GALLERY: Strikers on their 60th day on Comm. Ave.

Clare Ong September 24, 2022
Protesters formed a picket line outside the 874 Commonwealth Ave Starbucks on Sept. 15 in response to Corporate Starbucks attorneys ordering them to move off the store premises by noon that day.
Starbucks union strike

Starbucks demands union strikers move on 60th day of stakeout, protest ensues

Fiona Broadie September 15, 2022
On their 60th day of strike, 874 Commonwealth Ave. Starbucks Workers United faced corporate Starbucks attorneys' orders to stay off property or risk trespassing.
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