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More than 100 lawmakers urged Starbucks to resume bargaining talks with Workers United, the union representing the coffee giant's baristas, in letters sent to CEO Brian Niccol on Monday.

The two letters, from the Congressional Labor Caucus and a group of senators led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., come as the union threatens a strike in 25 cities starting Thursday. That coincides with Starbucks' Red Cup Day, one of its biggest sales days of the holiday season.

"It is clear that Starbucks has the money to reach a fair agreement with its workers," the Senate letter, signed by 26 lawmakers, reads. "Starbucks must reverse course from its current posture, resolve its existing labor disputes, and bargain a fa

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