Starbucks workers in New York attempt to form coffee chain’s first union

Published September 24, 2021 4:38pm ET



Workers at three Starbucks stores in upstate New York have filed paperwork to organize, which if successful would mark the first successful U.S. union drive in the coffee chain’s history.

The group, which calls itself Starbucks Workers United, is representing about 70 employees in the Buffalo region. The group is asking the National Labor Relations Board to consider its unionization push and hopes to join an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.

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