The votes at stores in Chicago's Edgewater and Edgewater Beach neighborhoods make those employees the first Starbucks workers in the city to unionize.
Workers at two Chicago Starbucks voted overwhelmingly to unionize Wednesday, becoming the first unionized Starbucks workers in the city.
Baristas at the Starbucks at 5964 N. Ridge Ave. voted 20-3 to join the union and baristas at 1070 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. voted to do so 10-1, according to organizers with the Chicago and Midwest Joint Board of Workers United, the Service Employees International Union affiliate that represents the Starbucks workers. The Starbucks workers voted in person over two days at The Edge Theater. The stores are located in the Edgewater and Edgewater Beach neighborhoods, respectively.
“I think the biggest part is just finally feeling like we have a voice, and that our work has amounted to something,” he said.“I think it means that we matter, that we’re heard, and that we will be heard and that our resilience has paid off,” he said. Sticking points for his co-workers have included wage increases and guaranteed hours so they can maintain access to Starbucks’ benefits, he said.
Nationally, the Starbucks Workers United campaign continues to grow. As of this week, baristas at more than 260 stores have filed for union elections, according to the National Labor Relations Board. As of Tuesday, Starbucks workers had voted to unionize at 85 out of 102 stores where elections had been held. A handful of results remained under contestation.
Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a union-election watch party on Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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