Workers at a Seattle Starbucks on March 22 voted unanimously to unionize, giving the Starbucks Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, one of its most high-profile wins to date. Starbucks is headquartered in Seattle. Of the 13 employees eligible to vote at the state’s Broadway and Denny location, nine voted in favor and none voted against joining the union, according to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). One ballot was challenged, according to The Seattle Times. Workers at the branch in the Capitol Hill neighborhood previously said they were organizing the union vote as “a commitment to growing the company and the quality of our work” and that the desire to do so was not “a reaction to specific policies, events, or changes.” “We see unionizing as a fundamental and necessary way to participate in Starbucks and its future as partners,” four of the employees wrote in a letter to Kevin Johnson, CEO …
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta