It’s been more than a week since Starbucks baristas began walking off the job to protest what they call a “new, regressive dress code” pushed by the coffee giant.

The nationwide walkout has grown to more than 2,000 union baristas across 150 stores as of Monday, according to Workers United, the union representing more than 11,000 Starbucks workers in the U.S.

Rolling, one-day strikes are ongoing as Starbucks implements an updated employee dress code. The changes were enforced unilaterally with Starbucks failing to bargain with union members over the new policy, the group said.

But baristas want customers to know this effort is about more than the color of their shirts.

“A lot of partners can’t afford this (new dress code),” Jasmine Leli, a three-year barista and union bargaining delegat

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