Zohran Mamdani Slams Starbucks And Joins Workers On Picket Line

The city announced it had reached a settlement in which Starbucks would pay workers more than $35 million for violating the Fair Workweek Law.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani joined Starbucks baristas on a picket line Monday to celebrate a $38.9 million settlement the city reached with the coffee chain following a yearslong labor investigation.

As part of the deal, Starbucks will pay $35.5 million to at least 15,000 workers for violating the city’s Fair Workweek Law, which requires fast-food companies to provide employees with regular schedules set two weeks in advance.

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection said it amounts to the largest settlement of its kind in the city’s history.

Flanked by unionized baristas who were on strike, Mamdani pledged Monday that his administration would support workers and “hold these kinds of corporations accountable.”

“When I become the mayor of this city, I am going to continue to stand on picket lines with workers across the five boroughs,” said Mamdani, the democratic socialist who’s set to be sworn in as mayor Jan. 1. “We want to build an administration that’s characterized by being there for workers every single step of the way.”