Starbucks Union Wins Vote at Second Store, Labor Board Rules
The union that won a landmark victory last month at a Starbucks Corp. restaurant has also prevailed at a second New York store, expanding a new labor foothold that has already inspired copycat efforts across the country.
In a Monday order, an acting regional director for the National Labor Relations Board ruled against the inclusion of seven unopened ballots whose eligibility had been contested, leaving the union Workers United victorious by a vote of 15 to 9.
Starbucks said Monday that it is exploring its options for appealing the ruling. The company has two weeks to request that NLRB members in Washington review the regional official’s Monday ruling.
“From the very beginning we’ve been clear that we’re better together as partners without a union between us at Starbucks, and that conviction hasn’t changed,” company spokesperson Reggie Borges said Monday. In a letter to employees last month, North America President Rossann Williams reiterated that the company doesn’t want a union at its stores, but said “we respect the legal process” and “will bargain in good faith” at the New York store where the union won in December.
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