(FOX40.COM) — While Starbucks is gearing up to serve its famous holiday drinks, the company faces a national wave of strikes from baristas to protest the company's stonewalling negotiations.

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Starbucks Workers United announced coast-to-coast rallies and a picket to elevate Starbucks workers’ demands for a fair contract that delivers improved staffing, hours, take-home pay, and on-the-job protections for baristas, and to protest the company’s unfair labor practices. “Starbucks knows where we stand. They know our demands: more take-home pay, better hours, resolving legal issues. It’s time to finalize a contract this fall before the all-important holiday season,” said Michelle Eisen, Starbucks Workers United spokesperson and 15-year veteran b

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