Starbucks store in Tennessee votes to unionize – workers group
(Reuters) -Staff at a Starbucks retailer in Knoxville, Tennessee, voted eight to seven to kind a union on Tuesday, changing into the primary of the U.S. espresso chain’s shops within the South to unionize, a spokesperson for SB Staff United stated.
The shop grew to become the ninth Starbucks outlet to unionize in america, in accordance with the labor group. Final week, employees in a restaurant in Seattle, the espresso chain’s hometown, voted 9 to zero in favor of becoming a member of a labor union.
The corporate runs about 9,000 U.S. places, with 1000’s of others operated underneath licensing agreements. The ballooning union drive comes throughout a nationwide labor crunch.
Baristas at greater than 150 U.S. places have petitioned a federal labor board for union elections since August, when the union drive went public.
Some buyers have requested Starbucks to undertake a impartial stance towards the union, noting that the corporate spent years constructing a fame as an employee-friendly office.
Earlier this month, Trillium and a gaggle of different buyers with $3.4 trillion underneath administration requested Starbucks in a letter to cease sending anti-union communications to staff.
(Reporting by Brendan O’Brien Modifying by Chris Gallagher and Mark Potter)
