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

Many Starbucks workers have stopped working. They don't like the new rules for what they must wear. This has happened in many stores since Sunday. A group for the workers says more than 2,000 people are not working in 120 stores.

Starbucks has new rules for workers from Monday. They must wear a black shirt and black, blue, or khaki pants. This is for workers in the US and Canada.

Before, baristas could wear more dark colors and shirts with designs. Now, Starbucks wants green aprons to be easy to see. This will make customers feel welcome in the stores.

Starbucks workers have a group that speaks for them. This group said the rules about clothes should be talked about together.

Paige Summers works at Starbucks. She thinks Starbucks is doing things wrong. She says Starbucks should listen to its workers. She thinks the new rules about clothes are not important. She says customers do not care about the color of clothes. They care about getting their coffee fast.

Some people said the company was wrong to sell Starbucks clothes that workers can't wear to work anymore. These clothes were sold on a special website for workers. Starbucks said they would give each worker two free black shirts when they told them about the new rules for clothes.

On Wednesday, the Starbucks workers' group said 1,000 workers stopped working at 75 shops in the U.S. Starbucks said the strike did not change much for its 10,000 U.S. shops. Some shops closed for a short time, Starbucks said.

Starbucks said that it would be better if the union talked to them instead of protesting. They also said that most of their shops are open.

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 the people I work with. But they help us know how to dress well and show who we are."

Since 2021, workers at Starbucks in the U.S. want a union. Starbucks and the union are talking, but have no deal yet. They will meet again in February 2024.

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