Starbucks workers did not like the new rules for clothes at work, so they stopped working on Thursday.

Many Starbucks workers are on strike. They don't like the new rules for clothes at work. About 2,000 workers at 120 shops in the U.S. are not working since Sunday. A group called Starbucks Workers United said this. They help the workers at Starbucks.

From Monday, Starbucks has new rules for what workers can wear under their aprons. Now, workers in the U.S. and Canada must wear a black shirt and black, blue, or khaki pants.

Before, baristas could wear more dark colors and shirts with patterns. Now, Starbucks says the new rules will help the green aprons look better and make customers feel welcome in the stores.

Starbucks workers in a union said they want to talk about the dress rules together. The union speaks for workers in many Starbucks shops.

Paige Summers works at Starbucks in Hanover. She said Starbucks is not doing well. She thinks Starbucks should listen to the people who make the coffee. She said Starbucks is thinking about wrong things, like new rules for clothes. She said people don't care about the color of clothes if they wait a long time for coffee.

Some people said the company was wrong to sell clothes with the Starbucks name. These were clothes that workers could not wear anymore. The company said they would give each worker two free black shirts when they told them about the new clothes rules.

On Wednesday, the Starbucks workers' union said 1,000 workers did not work in 75 shops in the U.S. Starbucks said the strike did not change much in its 10,000 U.S. shops. They said some shops closed for less than one hour.

Starbucks said it's better if the union talks to them instead of wearing black shirts to protest. Most of their stores are open and helping customers.

People who read the news had different ideas about the rules for clothes at Starbucks. Some said the workers should not complain, because many shops have rules for clothes. Others said Starbucks should make better drinks and keep workers happy, not worry about clothes.

Maddie Mucklow works at a Starbucks in Seattle. She likes the new rules.

Mucklow said, "I think the new clothes rules were hard for people at my shop. But the rules help us know how to dress well for each other, and still show who we are."

Starbucks workers voted for a union in 2021. Starbucks and the union still have no deal, even after meeting in February 2024.

The workers' group said this week that they told the labor board that Starbucks did not talk about the new rules for clothes.