Workers Vote to Become First Unionized Starbucks in Alabama

Workers Vote to Become First Unionized Starbucks in Alabama
Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a union-election watch party in Buffalo, N.Y., on Dec. 9, 2021. Joshua Bessex/AP Photo
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Starbucks has until later this week to file any objections with the National Labor Relations Board after workers at a shop in Birmingham became the first of the company’s locations in Alabama to vote to organize.

Baristas and other employees at a downtown store voted 27–1 to organize in a tally announced Thursday, news outlets reported. Documents show they would be represented by Workers United if the vote stands.