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Starbucks Workers United has authorized an open-ended strike that could begin on Red Cup Day, one of the coffee chain's biggest sales days of the year, the union announced Wednesday.

The union is preparing to strike in more than 25 cities if it doesn't reach a collective bargaining agreement with Starbucks by Nov. 13, when Red Cup Day falls this year. The two parties have not been in active negotiations to reach a contract after talks between them fell apart late last year. Starbucks and the union entered into mediation in February, and hundreds of barista delegates voted down the economic package Starbucks proposed in April.

The strike authorization won 92% of votes, according to Starbucks Workers United

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