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Starbucks Workers United defeats the giant coffee chain
Terrified by the prospect of a union at last, the corporate beast has been flooding the town of Buffalo with company big-wigs and meddling managers to throw the poll — it lost, with the workers voting unequivocally to join, reports MARK GRUENBERG
Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a viewing of their union election on Thursday, December 9, 2021, in Buffalo, New York
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STARBUCKS WORKERS UNITED broke a significant barrier on December 9 with the first-ever worker win at the big retail coffee chain.
Workers at the Elmwood store in Buffalo voted 19-8 to unionise with Starbucks Workers United, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officer announced.
The union also won 15-9 at a second store, but there are seven challenged ballots and the NLRB will have to decide whether and how many of them to count.
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