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Metro councilmembers and local Starbucks baristas gather outside the Metro Courthouse.

As Starbucks preps to launch its Southeastern corporate office in Nashville, local baristas at the global coffeehouse chain have made one thing clear: “No contract, no Starbucks!”

That was the message displayed on a banner outside the Metro Courthouse Tuesday evening as local Starbucks baristas and members of the Metro Council gathered to demand the company finalize a nationwide union contract for baristas as well as end to union busting by the company.