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Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a viewing of their union election on Thursday, December 9, 2021, in Buffalo, New York
STARBUCKS workers at a branch in Buffalo, New York, have voted to unionise for the first time in the United States.
The National Labour Relations Board announced on Thursday that workers had backed union representation at the Elmwood Avenue location, one of three branches in Buffalo where elections were held, by 19 votes to eight.
A second Starbucks branch rejected the union by 12 votes to eight, but the union said it might challenge that result because it was not confident that all eligible votes had been counted.
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR
