LOS ANGELES—Starbucks workers in Southern California expanded a strike on Tuesday against the coffee giant with plans that include picketing at a store in the Cypress Park area of Los Angeles.
Monday’s actions marked the fourth day of nationwide walkoffs at various locations around the country, forcing more than 60 stores to temporarily close. The walkoffs began Dec. 20, with a location at Alameda Avenue and Shelton Street in Burbank, Calif., among the stores shut down.
Tuesday’s actions are expected to be the most widespread yet, with more than 5,000 workers at more than 300 stores nationwide, the union said. In Los Angeles, workers at the Starbucks at 3242 N. Figueroa St. in the Cypress Park area are picketing, according to the union….