In a historic move, Starbucks workers in Buffalo have voted to form the chain’s first U.S. union
Union organizers in Buffalo, New York, in October. Photo: Carolyn Thompson/AP/Shutterstock This is a developing story.
In a historic move, Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, have voted to form the chain’s first U.S. union. Workers there voted 2-1 on Thursday to unionize with Workers United, an affiliate of the SEIU. Results are pending for elections at two other locations, whose votes are being counted by officials from the National Labor Relations Board. The election still must be certified by the NLRB, and Starbucks may challenge the results.
Still, the union’s preliminary victory will likely seed the ground for union drives in other locations and across the fast-food industry, which has mostly fended off efforts by workers to organize. Already, Starbucks workers in Arizona have petitioned the NLRB for a union election with Workers United.
Starbucks had strenuously opposed the union drive, and the union filed a federal labor charge alleging violations of labor law. “Every success we have ever achieved has been in direct partnership with one another — without an outside party between us,” Rossann Williams, the president of Starbucks’ U.S. retail, told workers in an open letter.
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