Starbucks workers in Reston and McLean seek to unionize amid strike

[Omaha Steve]

Source: FFXnow

By Angela Woolsey
Published December 29, 2025 at 10:00AM Updated December 29, 2025 at 3:30PM

Workers at two more Starbucks in Fairfax County could unionize, as a labor strike continues in response to stalled contract negotiations.

Petitions for union elections were filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last Tuesday (Dec. 23) by 14 employees at the Plaza America cafe in Reston (11610-A Plaza America Drive) and 17 at the location at 1438 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.

In both cases, the union would include all full-time and regular part-time baristas as well as shift supervisors. Dates for the elections haven’t been scheduled yet, as of press time.

The Plaza America and Chain Bridge Road stores are among 19 Starbucks locations in 18 cities across the U.S. that filed for union elections on Dec. 23, according to Starbucks Workers United, which has been striking since Nov. 13 to protest alleged labor violations and pressure the coffee chain to finalize a collective bargaining agreement with better pay and working conditions.


Starbucks at 1438 Chain Bridge Road in McLean (staff photo by Angela Woolsey) 1/3


Read more: https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/29/starbucks-workers-in-reston-and-mclean-seek-to-unionize-amid-strike/

[erronis]

1. I've been to the one in Reston years ago. But I don't go to Starbucks anymore anywhere.

Can't afford their stuff and can't stand their corporate owners. Plenty of alternatives - local shops owned by local people.

[IronLionZion]

2. Map of stores that are unionized

https://sbworkersunited.org/map/

And map of where they are in progress of unionizing
https://perfectunion.us/map-where-are-starbucks-workers-unionizing/