{"id":1105732,"date":"2021-12-10T10:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105732"},"modified":"2021-12-10T10:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:58:48","slug":"workers-at-buffalo-starbucks-store-vote-yes-to-unionize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/workers-at-buffalo-starbucks-store-vote-yes-to-unionize\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers at Buffalo Starbucks Store Vote &#039;Yes&#039; to Unionize"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fworkers-at-buffalo-starbucks-store-vote-yes-to-unionize%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Starbucks employees at a store in Buffalo made a historic move this week when they voted 19 to eight in favor of unionizing.<\/p>\n<p>The vote at the coffee giant\u2019s Elmwood Village location centered on whether or not the store employees would join Workers United, a union affiliated with&nbsp;the Service Employees International Union, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/starbucks-buffalo-union-election\">Fox Business<\/a>. The vote followed another Buffalo location that moved to reject unionization 12 to eight while a third store\u2019s vote still remains unknown due to \u201cseveral challenged ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to the vote, Starbucks had appealed to the&nbsp;National Labor Relations Board asking that all 20 Buffalo locations would vote as one rather than store-by-store. The appeal was denied. Around 111 Starbucks employees were eligible to vote; 78 ballots were counted as of Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19079730\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237121136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19079730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237121136-1024x616-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"596\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Starbucks employees celebrate after the votes are counted, on December 9, 2021 in Buffalo, New York. Three Starbucks cafes in Buffalo have now created the first union at outlets owned by the retail coffee giant in the United States. (ELEONORE SENS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alexis Rizzo, a shift supervisor at one of the Buffalo stores, told reporters Thursday she hopes others stores will be inspired by the vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>We need to be able to give an input on what it\u2019s like to be in these stores every single day, what this working environment is like, what the conditions are like and then have that voice lead to changes that are better for our working conditions, not changes that are better necessarily for the shareholders or the profits of the company. We really hope that the other stores in the area see this as a really positive example and are inspired by it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Giana Reeve, a shift supervisor at another store, called the vote \u201cmonumental.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19079778\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237125675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19079778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237125675-1024x685-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"662\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Union organizer Richard Bensinger (L) hugs a Starbucks employee as they celebrate after the votes are counted, on December 9, 2021 in Buffalo, New York. (ELEONORE SENS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that [Starbucks] will come to the bargaining table with us and in good faith negotiate so we can make a better life for our partners, a better life for our communities and a better workplace all around,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The NLRB must now certify the vote, which will take up to a week. Once clear, Elmwood will be the first of Starbuck\u2019s 8,000 U.S. stores to unionize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks employees at a store in Buffalo made a historic move this week when they voted 19 to eight in favor of unionizing. 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