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First Starbucks stores in California unionize, as national campaign pushes on
Staff at two Starbucks shops in Santa Cruz have unionized, changing into the primary shops in California to hitch the ballooning ranks of the espresso big’s organized baristas and shift supervisors.
Staff at each Santa Cruz shops voted overwhelmingly in favor of becoming a member of the nationwide union, known as Staff United. 13 staff on the retailer by the intersection of Ocean and Water streets voted in favor of the union, with one voting in opposition to. On the retailer on Mission and Dufour, 15 voted for and two in opposition to.
The wins, tallied Tuesday, have added to the momentum of a union marketing campaign that went public in late August and reversed a long time of failed makes an attempt to type unions at Starbucks. They arrive as staff at properly over 200 Starbucks shops have filed petitions for union elections and greater than 50 shops have voted to hitch the nationwide union Staff United since December.