By Chuck Ross – Free Beacon.com
A labor union championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), and other liberals expressed solidarity with Hamas terrorists after the worst domestic terrorist attack in Israel’s history.
Starbucks Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), expressed “Solidarity with Palestine!” in deleted social media posts. Union chapters in Iowa, Chicago, and Boston promoted rallies in support of the Palestinian attacks, including a “Long Live Palestinian Resistance” rally to be held in Boston on Monday. Hamas slaughtered hundreds of Jews in an invasion into southern Israel over the weekend. More than 700 Israeli civilians have been killed, as have 9 American citizens.
The Starbucks union, which represents 9,000 baristas, joins other American liberal groups in siding with Palestinians over their Israeli targets. The Democratic Socialists of America, which counts six House Democrats as members, held rallies in several American cities to call for support for Palestinians. A Harvard University dean and dozens of student groups at the Ivy League school blamed Israel for provoking the Hamas attack.
Starbucks Workers United has landed support in the past from Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.). Ocasio-Cortez cheered the union after it voted in 2021 to organize the first store in Buffalo. Sanders called the union a “tremendous inspiration” after it formed that year. Fetterman said in July he would “continue to stand” with the union.
The union’s rhetoric is perhaps no surprise. Jaz Brisack, an original organizer of the union, has praised Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh as a “freedom fighter,” the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Brisack on Sunday tweeted support for the attacks, writing, “There’s no ‘two sides’ to apartheid. Free Palestine.”
Anti-Israel activists and lawmakers such as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) frequently accuse Israel of “apartheid” to denigrate the Jewish state.
Critics are calling on the SEIU to condemn its affiliate group’s celebration of Hamas’s attacks.
“As an affiliated union, the SEIU can’t take credit for Workers United’s organizing wins and then turn a blind eye when the union posts in defense of violent terrorist attacks,” Charlyce Bozzello, communications director at the Center for Union Facts, told the Free Beacon.
“The SEIU and its president, Mary Kay Henry, need to condemn these alarming statements from Workers United and its leadership,” Bozzello added.
Starbucks Workers United and SEIU did not respond to requests for comment. The union deleted its post expressing support for “Gaza resistance” fighters. The social media accounts for stores in Iowa City, Iowa, promoted a “Palestine Resists Occupation” rally at the Israeli consulate in Chicago.
The Boston chapter of the union said Monday that it stands “in solidarity with the people of Palestine and condemn[s] the [Israel Defense Forces] for senselessly and viciously bombing, murdering, and injuring innocent Palestinians.”
Everyone should Boycott them !!!
And their coffee sucks anyway
You do realize it’s not Starbucks but the employees that are unionized?!? Get informed!
When the union workers see that Starbucks is laying off workers as a result of less business as a result of their comments, the union leaders will make new policies about their support of terrorists
You do understand that the company has influence over that don’t you? You! get informed.
Who needs starbucks anyways?!!!
And now at least you know who your dealing with!!!
The management should get rid of terror supporters!
I’ll buy them a ticket to go support their friends, ON ME!
I will chip in
Maybe, but the Starbuck should explain that
Why? These people do not represent starbucks. Did starbucks tweet anything? No, a random group called ‘starbucks workers union’ that you’ve never even heard of tweeted it.
Because the corporation has not come out saying that it does not agree with their opinions or that it condemns that attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel. Their silence on the whole issue is very loud. And it has been days since the tweet happened. No vocal condemnation equates to support at this point.
The corporation did make a statement distancing themselves from the union statement.
I read the reactions from Starbucks and they continue to paint the despicable slaughter in oblique terms. “Killed,” “affected,” “aftermath”
It seems clear Starbucks should be in cherem, since they are unwilling to state clearly who are the murderers y”s and who are the victims, Hashem yimkom dumum.
Starbucks is the employer, did they fire them for incitement, etc.?? Denial? If they do, fine, if not שתיקה כהודאה and they are no better!
The enterprise has complete control and is in the know of what their employees do or don’t do. It’s a for profit business. So spare me the excuses. Starbucks simply chose to ignore this .
Starbucks has too many kashrus problems even on things that are apparently kosher. It’s a good idea to stop buying anyhow
WHY has Starbuck Not replied to this if they are not in agreement?I would think they would say something.
Unbelievable, Starbucks are allowing to their employees to use Starbucks facilities in order to support Hamas ISIS terror organization!!!
Shame on Starbucks
Starbucks leadership needs to condemn this immediately and fire these people immediately. I assume this abhorrent behavior violates company policy. If not, they need to be fired anyway, and Starbucks needs to deal with any ramifications from the union. If not, I’ll have to find a new place to buy my coffee.
PS Before this, I loved my Starbucks experience and coffee.
I’ve been supporting small local coffee shops instead
Hay que dejar de ir a Starbucks!!!😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
I certainly will after that. Used to like them. Never again
Management will say anything to avoid the Bud Light debacle. This is SO MUCH WORSE!!
The Jewish people and Israel deserve total support against Hamas terrorists. I pray for Israel and their success in the battle against evil.
Time to stop buying Starbucks.
Besides their prices are outrageous.
Agreed 👍 thanks
Yet another reason not to go there!
so don’t go there anyway! ever
Hopefully the union members will realize what a mistake they made and de-unionize.
Boycott Starbucks 👎👎👎👎👎
I never liked coffee anyways and never stepped into a Starbucks in my life.
But for all those Starbucks lovers: here’s the true colors.
…but Starbucks is not what I and a good many others call good coffee anymore anyway.
the same thing was said by NYU university. that they stand with the palestinians.
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS!!!
And take off kasheut if the have one
They are clearly not KOSHER
guess it’s not so kosher
Don’t dear buy there any more
How does this random group of baristas represent starbucks?
You buy Starbucks, you are directly supporting Hamas! It’s that simple
To the five people who downvoted this statement, you are all just as guilty as Starbucks. I will never buy anything there again.
Not even a question
THIS IS TERRIBLE!!!!!THEY ARE TWO TIMERS!!!WHAT A COTASTROPHY! AM YISROEL CHAI!!!!
Ban Starbucks. Forbidden to enter. I have never been into Starbucks.
what makes you think that every palestinian is realy bad just because a few hamas terorists decided to make an attack while taking advantage of israel’s terible security
Correct, because they didn’t stop them
Of course they are not all bad but watch the news. There are ALOT that hate Jews and want them innialated
It’s not even chulov yisroel
can we still take their free water?
They fill your expensive paper cup with hot water, some milk foam and call it a coffee for $7! Spit it in their faces!
I laughed out loud at your comment of free water….
With all this horror i can still laugh. No more starbucks….
We must ask start K to remove their Hechsher so that they lose all their jewish customers.
they proberly donate their charity money to unwra, basiaclly giving hamas money to kill other yidden. it should be completly ossur!
I don’t care about hechsher and will never buy there again!
Their cofffee is horrible
I hope everyone stops buying starbucks
Just a reminder that the Starbucks company is probably against them in the first place, that’s the point of a union, to fight the company.
so when a Rov to thousands of shluchos at the kinus says not to drink starbucks coffee for kashrus reasons….he said the truth!
Starbucks opposed this union being organized and its just one store in Buffalo.
Incredibly false information being disseminated here.
99.999 percent of Starbucks stores have no connection to this union
The Jewish owner/s refused to open any branch in Israel –
I don’t like their coffee but I like their drinks, but they won’t see me in Starbucks anymore, and their drinks are kosher
Been that way for many years. It’s a degenerative ‘culture’ in many other ways too. Anyway, I never drink their coffee. Tastes like burnt water to me.
Recently there was an article that Starbucks ‘kosher’ items isn’t even kosher…
Millions of customers are lending starbucks cash for interest free when you can make money just holding it in a savings bank
you can read in detail here
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-starbucks-app-actually-bankingapp-marcel-van-oost
The founder, Howard Schulz- is a Jew and a bastion of intelligent kindness. In his autobiographical story of the founding of Starbucks, ‘Pour Your Heart Into It’, you’d see how he bent over backwards for employee support & compensation unlike nearly any other CEO. Great read. His policies toward his staff, and charitability both in and beyond the company are noteworthy. The above position is entirely under-informed and misguided- especially as SBUX affiliates, and all the more so about the middle east. You.are.missing.information. Read the book. Challenge your assertions. Better yet, get on a plane and go with really objective… Read more »
you may be right about the founder of starbucks, but the employees should be much more informed about the owner of the company and refrain from publicly supporting enemies of their employer. mr schulz would not be spared the wrath of Hamas. i think that’s the point of everyone’s response. don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
Schultz never opened one franchise in Israel. He knew that the quality of his hot water and frothed milk for $7 would never sell in a country where coffee tastes and us the real thing. But, his true reason is …. I suggest; boycott his establishments.
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
If anyone still goes and buys coffee at Starbucks, just know that they are wicked because ANYONE that can actually support barbaric, ignominious, shameful, mentally unstable/ psychotic- sociopath soulless non-human entities THAT CAN COMMIT ATROCITIES ON HUMAN BEINGS doesn’t deserve any respect or credibility
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
Did them also suport isis aftet 9/11?
And that is always true.
A reminder, on 9/11, the Palestinians celebrated in the streets, handing out sweets to children
I am israeli and until last Saturday, I did not believe that the devil existed
Today, Sara Kelly, Starbucks evp and chief partner officer, shared the following note with all global Starbucks partners.
Partners,
As a leadership team, we want to again express our deepest sympathy for those who have been killed, wounded, displaced and impacted following the heinous acts of terror, escalating violence and hate against the innocent in Israel and Gaza this week. Starbucks unequivocally condemns acts of hate, terrorism and violence.
THEY DO NOT CONDEMN THE TERRORIST ATTACK PERPETRATED BY HAMAS!!!
Shame on you Kelly!
Starbucks are allowing to their employees to use Starbucks facilities in order to support Hamas ISIS terror organization!!!
Shame on Starbucks
1300 civilians been slaughtered! Baby’s, kids, women, old people.
HAMAS not just killed the people, they burned their houses when the people inside the house.
Stam why can’t you guys just make coffee at home? Why pay so much either way for coffee? I’ve never understood.
Disgusting, wont be stepping foot in there again! Will lose so much custom. Costa all
The way
I will NEVER go to a Starbucks again.
Any suggestions for pro Israel coffee maker?
on the actual Starbucks web page, it says clearly that they don’t support Hamas
and they fully support Israel!!
I will not go to Starbucks anymore. If this is the type of people they employ, then this does not say much for the company. Evidently their union thinks it is proper to celebrate the murder of innocent women and children and revel in it
S[tarb]UCKS
I support Israel
Never buying from Starbucks again
It is not OK to support Hamas and their terror organization against the Jewish people. It is exactly the same as what happened at 9:11 with other terrorist groups. Imagine if any organization would support what the terrorist did at 9:11. This is not acceptable at all. I am a big coffee drinker, and I have Starbucks almost every day but now I am not going to have Starbucks anymore. Boycott Starbucks!!
This is completely outrageous! It is like when 9/11 happened in America. For a union of workers at Starbucks to support a terrorist group that causes so much pain and agony is not acceptable. It is not okay to support Hamas and this terrorist organization in any way. Everybody should boycott Starbucks and support their local coffee shops instead.
Today I had my LAST STARBUCKS. I only wish I saw this article before I spent my hard earned money on a company that supports TERRORISM .
SHAME ON STARBUCKS MANAGEMENT WHO HAS NOT MADE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENTS or actions AGAINST those employees who represented STARBUCKS as a terrorist supporter.
It’s like supporting ISIS after 9/11 or supporting the Japanese after Pearl Harbor.
I won’t ever step foot in another Starbucks.
Utter mamzerim
I hope they die the death of 1,000 Bud Lights. Done with them.
BOYCOTT!!!!!!!
i dont think we should ever go again
notice the black lives matter sign in the backgound
what about jewish lives? do THEY matter???
what a pathetic picture of people who clearly don’t know who they support, but conform to an own-goal dogma that embraces their enemies. astoundingly stupid.
The taken picture does not show such support