Walton Way commuters hit a roadblock Monday morning. Barely a month old, the new medical district Starbucks was closed.
A company spokesperson didn’t immediately return an email or voicemail seeking comment. A sign in the window stated store is “temporarily closed” and that the company was working to reopen “as quickly as possible.”
The closure comes on the heels of the coffee giant’s clash with Georgia workers seeking to form the state’s first Starbucks union in Augusta. At the Augusta Exchange location, employees in May voted 26-5 to unionize, according to prior news reports.
In July, union employees picketed at Augusta Exchange and called for a public boycott until working conditions improved.
Then in August, a district manager fired lead organizer Jaysin Saxton, saying he engaged in “disruptive behaviors” during the protest. Saxton vowed to file a claim with National Labor Relations Board.
The freestanding Walton Way store opened Sept. 16.
