{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://jayapal.house.gov/2024/12/20/jayapal-statement-on-starbucks-strike/", "Jayapal Statement on Starbucks Strike", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Pramila Jayapal", "J000298", "jayapal.house.gov", "jayapal", "https://jayapal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement after Workers United announced a strike following Starbucks\u2019s refusal to bargain with unionized workers:\n\n\u201cBaristas at Starbucks\u2019 across the country deserve adequate wages, staffing, and better schedules. In the last fiscal year, Starbucks spent over $1.2 billion on stock buybacks to enrich their shareholders, while telling unionized workers that all the company can afford is a 1.5 percent raise.\n\n\u201cI am proud that Starbucks started as a small business in my district, originally dedicated to taking care of customers and our community. That\u2019s what we need to return to instead of continued union busting, disregarding worker demands for fair working conditions, and mounting an overwhelming number of legal challenges to pro-worker rulings from the National Labor Relations Board to avoid accountability.\n\n\u201cI hope to see Starbucks come to the table to negotiate with unionized workers immediately to protect jobs and keep stores open.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://jayapal.house.gov/2024/12/20/jayapal-statement-on-starbucks-strike/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3764092475175858, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}