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Are dress codes worth striking over? Starbucks baristas seem to think so, with hundreds of workers going on strike since Sunday to protest the company’s new mandates. The union representing the workers confirmed the Starbucks protest, explaining the workers’ dissatisfaction with the new regulations on what workers can wear under their famed green aprons. Starbucks appears indifferent to the barista protests but workers are unwilling to back down
either. Under the previous dress code, baristas had permission to wear a wider range of clothing to work as long as their green aprons took center stage, but Starbucks recently introduced a