Workers unionize at flagship Seattle Starbucks roastery

SEATTLE –

Starbucks workers in Seattle’s flagship coffee roastery were able to vote Thursday for a union. This is the latest location of the chain to establish a collective bargaining unit.

Seattle’s store voted 38-27 in favor of unionization.

Workers United said26 Starbucks stores have unified across the nation. The Starbucks Reserve and Roastery are the second Starbucks locations to unite in Seattle.

“As we are saidWe will respect the process throughout and will negotiate in good faith. We hope the union does not do the same,” Reggie Borges of Starbucks spokeswoman. saidMake a statement.

Starbucks has many flagship stores. In forming a union, the Seattle branch joined the New York one.

“A large part of it is that we don’t have a seat at a table, and we don’t have a voice within our workplace.” saidLiz Duran is a Starbucks operations leader. “People have been pushed further and further to the edge in recent years. With the breaking point now being reached, the COVID pandemic has just brought workers to a place where they can see the power we truly have.”