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Sammy Conde

Sammy Conde is 26-years-old and works at a Starbucks near Orlando, Florida. Sammy has worked at Starbucks for two years and makes $11.00 an hour. During the pandemic Starbucks increased the pay to $13.00 an hour for hazard pay. Sammy went on strike for the first time with the Fight for $15 and a Union on May 6th. While on strike Sammy spoke out about PPE and other issues that were eventually improved because of Sammy and other striking workers speaking out. Sammy lives with their father and helps with the bills.