Workers at Marysville Starbucks go on strike over lack of staffing, working conditions

Employees at a Starbucks in Marysville are on strike, citing what they say have been unfair working conditions and a lack of adequate staffing.

Strike organizer Kaitlyn McCoy described she’s been typically working double shifts “because of being severely understaffed.” She says that the last straw came when there was no one available to cover for a sick employee, leaving only two people to work a shift, one of whom was nearly nine months pregnant.

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“I could not handle that anymore, and so me and my coworker Lincoln said no, we closed the the store, we cleaned it, and we walked

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