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Palo Alto Starbucks Sees Customers Rise Up!

by Solidarity with Workers
On a national day of action called by Starbucks Workers United, elder activists the Raging Grannies led a singalong...customers joined in.
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Photos by Jack Owicki, ProBonoPhoto
Please credit the photographer

About 15 Raging Grannies sang "Stop Union Busting" ditty written by the Seattle Raging Grannies outside a Starbucks location in Palo Alto, CA on August 7.
§Solidarity with Workers
by Solidarity with Workers
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§Singalong with Ukulele
by Solidarity with Workers
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§Dance of Peace butterfly pleased customer at far left
by Solidarity with Workers
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...as well as others. The monarch butterfly represents freedom. Dance of Peace performer Sharat Lin drew connections in a brief introduction calling for freedom from management exploitation of workers.
§Granny with decorated hat
by Solidarity with Workers
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§Customer in center stepped in to raise a fist
by Solidarity with Workers
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§Starbucks patio
by Solidarity with Workers
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