They have a victory…..
The vote was 19-8…..
Two others stares voted…
One against a union…
The other vote total is being challenged….
Anyone think Starbucks management is gonna happy to negotiate a contract?
There are almost 9,000 other stores….
Starbucks workers have voted to form their first U.S. union.
Workers from one store in Buffalo, N.Y., voted to unionize, in a watershed moment for Starbucks, which operates 8,953 stores in the United States.
Three Buffalo-area stores held separate union elections. Baristas and shift supervisors from one store voted to unionize 19-8, while workers from the second store rejected unionization 12-8.
The third store failed to reach a verdict and faces a legal battle. There, 15 votes were cast for unionization and 9 against, while 7 votes were challenged. Most of the challenges came from the union, which argued that some workers who voted weren’t regular employees at the location.
The election marks one of the highest-profile union wins for U.S. restaurant workers, which are among the least unionized in the country.
Starbucks workers who voted to unionize will join Workers United, affiliated with the massive Service Employees International Union.
3 more Buffalo stores and 1 in Arizona are also trying to unionize…
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In fact, Starbucks has fought off organizing attempts in New York City and Philadelphia. Decades earlier, in the 1980s, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union for a while represented some Starbucks staff. That union still represents workers at some locations run by grocery stores and not directly by Starbucks….
Beware of assuming that New Age (or quasi-bohemian) businesses cannot be nearly as anti-union as, say, Wal-Mart or McDonald’s.
Whole Foods has consistently fought unionization.