On Nov. 13., Starbucks Workers United (SWU) initiated a strike against Starbucks. The Claremont Student Worker Alliance (CSWA) supports this fight and has made recent efforts to pressure Starbucks-affiliated stores on campus to terminate their contracts with the supplier.
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Students protest Starbucks at Pomona’s Café 47, business slows
On Thursday, Oct. 16, several Claremont and national labor organizing groups held a teach-in at the Motley Coffeehouse in response to Pomona College’s Café 47 switching their supplier from Peet’s Coffee to Starbucks Coffee.
The teach-in, titled “Why Starbucks?”promoted a petition to remove the corporation from Claremont campuses alongside nationwide anti-Starbucks movements, and encouraged the boycott of Café 47 and other Starbucks-supplied establishments across the 7Cs.
Over 120 Students rally for Harvey Mudd College to cut ties with Starbucks
On Feb. 22, over 120 students gathered at Harvey Mudd College to condemn the college’s relationship with Starbucks due to the company’s associations with Israel and treatment of unionized employees.