Updated Dec. 9, 2021 at 2:38 PM ET
Starbucks workers have voted to form their first U.S. union.
Workers from at least one store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize, in a watershed moment for Starbucks, which operates 8,953 stores in the U.S.
Three Buffalo-area stores held separate union elections. Baristas and shift supervisors from one store voted to unionize 19-8, while staff from the second store rejected unionization 12-8. Ballots from the third store are still being hand-counted by a federal labor official.
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