This story was updated at 12:29 p.m.
Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks — including several in metro Atlanta — walked off the job Thursday in what organizers said was the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company’s stores.
The Workers United union chose Starbucks’ annual Red Cup Day to stage the walkout since it’s usually one of the busiest days of the year. Starbucks expects to give away thousands of reusable cups Thursday to customers who order holiday drinks.
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