#907 - Seeking Union Vote, Workers at Seattle Starbucks Bring Labor Push to Coffee Giant’s Hometown

Weeks after a successful union drive in New York state, workers at a Seattle Starbucks store are moving forward with a unionization effort, bringing the coffee chain’s high-profile labor fight to its hometown.

Employees at a Starbucks in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood filed a petition Monday with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to hold a union election on Jan. 10.

“We do not see our desire to unionize as a reaction to specific policies, events, or changes, but rather a commitment to growing the company and the quality of our work. We see unionizing as a fundamental and necessary way to participate in Starbucks and its future as partners,” wrote four employees, who the company refers to as partners, in a letter to Kevin Johnson, CEO of the Seattle-based coffee giant.

A Starbucks spokesperson did not comment on the Seattle store, but pointed to a Monday letter from Executive Vice President Rossann Williams to Starbucks employees.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/dec/21/seeking-union-vote-workers-at-seattle-starbucks-br/

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