The hottest coffee trend of 2023 (and 2022 and 2021) is unionization, and employees at yet another Seattle Starbucks store have voted to join Starbucks Workers United, the union that represents workers at more than 350 stores around the country. Seventeen employees (“partners” in internal Starbucks argot) at the Seattle Center store voted unanimously to unionize late last week, the union announced in a press release.
Previously, workers at this store had complained about inconsistent scheduling and poor planning when it came to meeting the demand brought on by major events near Seattle Center. “I’m excited,” Maria Hepburn, a partner at the store who helped organize the store’s
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