Mamdani Wants a Starbucks Boycott

One thing we can definitely expect is for Mamdani to do what he can to support workers and that’s what he is doing with the Starbucks workers.

Zohran Mamdani doesn’t want you to shop at Starbucks right now.

The New York City mayor-elect is urging people not to patronize the iconic coffee chain while baristas remain on strike.

“Starbucks workers across the country are on an Unfair Labor Practices strike, fighting for a fair contract,” Mamdani wrote on X on Thursday evening. “While workers are on strike, I won’t be buying any Starbucks, and I’m asking you to join us.”

Mamdani lending support to the striking baristas represents an early indication of how he may use the bully pulpit of his office as mayor of New York City. The Democratic socialist state assemblyman has long positioned himself as an ally to labor.

“Together, we can send a powerful message,” Mamdani wrote on Thursday. “No contract, no coffee.”

No, a mayor can’t lead a strike. But a mayor of a city like New York can very much lend a lot of publicity and authority to strikers. It’s promising AND it fits the affordability message that brought him to power. Good politics and the right thing to do. If the rich don’t like it, just move to Florida, it’s what you are going to do anyway.