Workers at three separate Starbucks stores in and around Buffalo, New York, are expected to begin voting by mail this week on whether they want to be represented by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.
The National Labor Relations Board's regional office in Buffalo, which approved the vote last month, is scheduled to start mailing ballots Wednesday evening and count the votes on Dec. 9.
"It's a fraught public space that we live in right now and more workers have had the opportunity to reflect and think about these issues," Graff said. The Seattle-based company says its 8,000 company-owned U.S. stores function best when the company works directly with its employees. Around 111 employees ---- including those at Brisack's store and at two stores in suburban Buffalo ---- will be eligible to vote on unionization. The NLRB rejected Starbucks' request to hold one vote with 20 stores in the Buffalo region and ordered separate votes at the three stores. A majority vote at any one of the stores would create a bargaining unit for that location.
The company does have a few unionized locations in other countries, including a store in Victoria, Canada, that organized in June.
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