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'No contract, no coffee!' LI Starbucks picketers seek labor deal with better pay, benefits

Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, newsday.com
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"No contract, no coffee!" came the loud chant of about 15 picketers as part of an effort to reinvigorate negotiations between the Starbucks Workers United labor union and the Seattle-based company that have yet to yield a labor deal.

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Queens resident Sarah Kohler, who works as a Starbucks shift supervisor at a location at the Gallery at Westbury Plaza, said at the Oceanside rally, "We just basically want to be ... treated better, with dignity and respect, when it comes to our health and safety standards, when it comes to dealing with harassment in the workplace."

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