Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
☕️ Iowa City strikers shut down their store
https://link.iowastartingline.com/view/650843af904f88308d52ecb5pv0i8.arm/7331a26c
It's Thursday, January 8, 2026.
The high temperature was just 18 degrees and breezy in Iowa City on Dec. 19.
But Abigail Scheppmann and a coworker were standing outside the closed Starbucks store for hours anyway, waving their STRIKE signs at passersby and walking around to keep warm.
"This is probably the most I've been outside in the cold in my life," Scheppmann told me when I stopped by. "I've gotta handle it in order to be out here on strike ... I'm here to prove to Starbucks that we will fight for our contract no matter what."
Abigail Scheppmann, a barista at the Starbucks in Iowa City and an organizing committee member for her store's Starbucks Workers United union, poses for a photo while picketing outside the store Dec. 19, 2025. (Amie Rivers/Iowa Starting Line)
FULL story at link above.