Coverage dated December 7, 2021 to December 13, 2021

More Starbucks unions? Boston workers indicate support after Buffalo vote

Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento, on the newest of 3 developments

At least one Buffalo location voted to unionize, a first for the 50-year-old coffee company. Workers at two Boston locations could follow suit.

ABC 10 Sacramento's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Starbucks Workers in Buffalo to Decide This Week Whether to Form Coffee Chain's First U.S. Union

    Headline from NBC10 Philadelphia ·

  2. Starbucks workers at Buffalo store form 1st U.S. union

    Headline from KTVU San Francisco ·

  3. Newest

    More Starbucks unions? Boston workers indicate support after Buffalo vote

    Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento ·

Reports & sources

45 articles, oldest first.

  1. Truthout

    Baristas in Buffalo Are Poised to Unionize Tomorrow Using Starbucks's Own PR Strategies (opens Truthout)

    Published

    Truthout's feed description

    Workers United members say their union drive may succeed tomorrow in part by turning Starbucks's own PR against it.

  2. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Starbucks Workers in Buffalo to Decide This Week Whether to Form Coffee Chain's First U.S. Union (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

    Published

    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    Starbucks workers at three cafes in Buffalo, New York voted this week to decide if they will form a union.

  3. FOX Business

    Starbucks union vote in Buffalo to proceed as planned after NLRB rejects coffee chain's appeal (opens FOX Business)

    Published

    FOX Business's feed description

    The counting of ballots in a rare union election at three Starbucks locations in Buffalo, New York will proceed as planned after the National Labor Relations Board rejected the coffee chain’s appeal to the vote’s structure.

  4. WFMZ Allentown

    In a first, Starbucks workers agree to union in Buffalo, NY (opens WFMZ Allentown)

    Published

    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Starbucks workers have voted to unionize at a store in Buffalo, New York over the company’s objections, pointing the way to a new labor model for the 50-year old coffee

  5. Boston

    In a first, Starbucks workers agree to union in Buffalo (opens Boston)

    Published

    Boston's feed description

    Starbucks workers have voted to unionize at a store in Buffalo, New York over the company’s objections, raising the possibility of a new labor model for the 50-year old coffee giant.

  6. Local News 8

    Starbucks workers at Buffalo store vote to unionize (opens Local News 8)

    Published

    Local News 8's feed description

    By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A union has won the right to represent US Starbucks workers for the first time. The vote at a store in Buffalo, New York, won by a 19-8 margin. Two more stores’ vote counting was still under way.

  7. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Starbucks workers at Buffalo store form 1st U.S. union (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

    Published

    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    Starbucks workers have voted to unionize at a store in Buffalo, New York over the company’s objections, pointing the way to a new labor model for the 50-year old coffee giant.

  8. KOB 4

    Starbucks workers vote to unionize at Buffalo, NY store (opens KOB 4)

    Published

    KVOA Tucson's feed description

    Starbucks workers have voted to unionize in Buffalo, New York over the company’s objections, pointing the way to a new labor model for the 50-year old coffee giant. The National

  9. NBC News

    Starbucks workers in Buffalo vote to unionize, first company-owned store in U.S. with union (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, won their unionization vote Thursday, becoming the first company-owned U.S. location to successfully organize under the

  10. Truthout

    Buffalo Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form First-Ever Starbucks Union (opens Truthout)

    Published

    Truthout's feed description

    Workers at the Elmwood location in Buffalo voted 19 to 8 to form a union.

  11. Newsweek

    Starbucks' Buffalo store votes to unionize, results unknown for 2 other locations (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    A Buffalo-area Starbucks voted to unionize Thursday, with two more nearby locations still counting votes.

  12. Al Jazeera

    Starbucks employees vote to unionize at New York location (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    If formally certified, the vote would establish a union foothold among the coffee chain’s thousands of US locations.

  13. Los Angeles Times

    Starbucks workers vote to unionize at a store in Buffalo, N.Y. (opens Los Angeles Times)

    Published

    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    If the labor board certifies the vote — a process expected to take about a week — it would be the first for any Starbucks-owned store in the U.S. to unionize.

  14. Washington Examiner

    Starbucks workers in Buffalo vote to unionize in company first (opens Washington Examiner)

    Published

    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A Starbucks store in upstate New York made history on Thursday by becoming the first Starbucks location in the United States to form a union.

  15. The Guardian

    Starbucks workers’ efforts to unionize finds success in Buffalo, New York (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    The first for any Starbucks-owned store, the victory could fuel unionization efforts across the company’s 8,000 outlets in the US

  16. Breitbart News

    Workers at Buffalo Starbucks Store Vote 'Yes' to Unionize (opens Breitbart News)

    Published

    Breitbart News's feed description

    Starbucks employees at a store in Buffalo made a historic move this week when they voted 19 to eight in favor of unionizing.

  17. PJ Media

    Hooray For Capitalism! Starbucks Workers in Buffalo Vote to Unionize (opens PJ Media)

    Published

    PJ Media's feed description

    One of three Starbucks Coffee stores in Buffalo, NY voted to join a union on Thursday, becoming the first store to unionize of the 8,000 Starbucks in the U.S.

  18. BizPac Review

    Starbucks employees vote to unionize (opens BizPac Review)

    Published

    BizPac Review's feed description

    Workers at Starbucks Elmwood Village could be members of the first unionized Starbucks after a 19 to 8 vote in favor of unionization.

  19. FOX Business

    Starbucks store in Buffalo votes to unionize (opens FOX Business)

    Published

    FOX Business's feed description

    Starbucks employees at the coffee chain's Elmwood Village location in Buffalo have voted 19 to 8 in favor of being represented by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. The vote awaits official certification by the National Labor Relations Board.

  20. Quartz

    Starbucks set the stage for its employees’ union vote in Buffalo (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    Starbucks—which likes to call its workers “partners”—has offered health insurance to part-time workers since the late 1980s. And yet the company countered recent employee efforts to unionize in Buffalo, New York.

  21. MyNorthwest

    Boston Starbucks workers seek to unionize after Buffalo vote (opens MyNorthwest)

    Published

    MyNorthwest's feed description

    BOSTON (AP) -- Starbucks workers at two locations in Boston are looking to unionize, days after a successful union vote at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New

  22. Truthout

    After Big Win in Buffalo, Starbucks Workers in Massachusetts File to Unionize (opens Truthout)

    Published

    Truthout's feed description

    If the workers are successful, they’ll be among the first Starbucks stores to form a union.

  23. ABC 10 Sacramento

    More Starbucks unions? Boston workers indicate support after Buffalo vote (opens ABC 10 Sacramento)

    Published

    ABC 10 Sacramento's feed description

    At least one Buffalo location voted to unionize, a first for the 50-year-old coffee company. Workers at two Boston locations could follow suit.

  24. Newsweek

    Boston Starbucks employees looking to piggyback on Buffalo unionization start process (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    Employees at two Boston Starbucks stores are looking to be represented by Workers United Labor Union, the same union looking to represent the Buffalo Starbucks.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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