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One week into what baristas have threatened to make the "largest, longest" strike in Starbucks' history, the Workers United union said it is adding more than two dozen new cities and stores to its strike count.
The union said Thursday it will now be striking at 95 stores in 65 cities, with some 2,000 baristas now engaged in the action. On Wednesday, baristas and allies also picketed and held a rally outside of the company's distribution center in York, Pa. Starbucks said there were no disruptions to its operations in York.
Workers United said the majority of stores where strikes were held had to close down on the first day of the strike due to staffing issues, and the lack of workers impacted some 50 locations in t

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