Starbucks Baristas Strike Over Dress Code, Signal More Walkouts

Hundreds of Starbucks Corp.employees have walked off the job since Sunday to protest the company’s new dress code, according to the union representing baristas, with more strikes likely in the coming days.

The walkouts have occurred at more than 50 US stores, Starbucks Workers United said. The union represents baristas at about 570 of the chain’s more than 10,000 company-operated locations in the US. Starbucks said that there’s been no significant impact to store operations on a national level and most stores are open and serving customers as usual.

The coffee chain on Monday implemented a new dress code ...