The walkouts coincide with Starbucks’ annual Red Cup Day, when the company gives free reusable cups to customers who order a holiday drink.Workers say they’re seeking better pay, more consistent schedules and higher staffing levels in busy stores.Exec who cleaned up Enron calls FTX mess 'unprecedented'Elizabeth Holmes faces judgment day for her Theranos crimesAverage long-term US mortgage rates tumble to 6.61%Sports construction rolls right through economic uncertaintyWillow Montana, a shift manager at a Starbucks store in Brighton, Massachusetts, planned to strike because Starbucks hasn’t begun bargaining with the store despite a successful union vote in April.Earlier this week, a regional director with the NLRB filed a request for an injunction against Starbucks in federal court, saying the company violated labor law when it fired a union organizer in Ann Arbor, Michigan.In August, a federal judge ruled that Starbucks had to reinstate seven union organizers who were fired in Memphis, Tennessee."