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Starbucks Workers United will hold a strike at 65 store locations in 45 cities on Thursday.

The protests are happening after Starbucks and the union didn’t reach a contract agreement.

Starbucks employees are pushing for better pay, hours, and benefits.

Starbucks workers are planning to strike at 65 stores in dozens of cities on Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the organization.

The employee strike is meant to interrupt Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, one of the retail chain’s busiest days of the year. According to the Associated Press, the company has given away free reusable cups on the day to consumers who purchase a holiday beverage.

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