'I joined them' | Starbucks recruit arrives for first day of work, immediately goes on strike

A Starbucks employee has revealed they turned up for their first day of work to find staff on strike... and joined them.

As reported by Newsweek, TikTok user @mikeys_titanic arrived at one of the coffee shop giant’s branches in Buffalo, New York, to find baristas striking outside the entrance.

Newsweek reported that the staff were staging the strike in response to a “lack of appreciation for our hard work and continued unfair labor practices from the local to the national level."

Issues such as understaffing and employee hours being cut were also alleged.