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Mayor-Elect Joins Starbucks Workers in Wage Protest

12/3/2025

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  • Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders joined Starbucks workers in Brooklyn to demand higher wages.
  • The workers protest $18 per hour wages and erratic schedules.
  • Starbucks will pay $35 million to more than 15,000 workers.
  • The settlement is part of a larger $38.9 million agreement with the city over worker protection laws.
  • Mamdani says the demands are for decency, not greed.