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Pro-union pins sit on a table during a watch party for Starbucks' employees union election, December 9, 2021, in Buffalo, New York
STARBUCKS workers in Seattle have launched a unionisation campaign inspired by the victory of their colleagues in New York last week.
In a letter to the Kevin Johnson, the global coffee chain’s chief executive, staff at the Broadway and Denny store said they have filed papers calling for a union election to give themselves a voice in the workplace.
“We stand with partners around the country who are organising to make Starbucks a better company,” the letter said.
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