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Second Starbucks Shop Brews Stirring Union Victory In Buffalo

By CRYSTAL LEWIS clewis@thechiefleader.com
Posted 1/12/22

A Starbucks location at Genesee St. in Buffalo Jan. 10 became the coffee chain’s second store to unionize after the National Labor Relations Board disallowed seven votes that were contested during an election held a month earlier.

Employees at the Starbucks store located across from the Buffalo International Airport voted 15-to-9 in favor of joining Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. The store is the second of Starbucks’ nearly 9,000 locations to unionize.

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