Starbucks Employees <br />at Buffalo Store, Vote To Unionize.<br />The results of the vote were announced by the National Labor Relations Board on Dec. 9.<br />Of the 9,000 Starbucks locations in the U.S..<br />the store in the Buffalo, NY, area is the <br />first to vote to unionize.<br />Two other stores in Buffalo are conducting similar votes with results that should be determined soon.<br />The vote to unionize at the Starbucks location follows several months of worker frustration over difficult working conditions.<br />which have been exacerbated by the pandemic.<br />Starbucks went <br />to great lengths <br />to prevent <br />the unionization.<br />sending high-level executives and out-of-state district managers to the location in order to <br />hold discussions with the employees.<br />According to 'The New York Times,'.<br />video captured one district manager saying the company had asked her to go to Buffalo to <br />"save it" from the union vote.<br />Employees at the store described company tactics to prevent unionization...<br />... such as excessive staffing in order to disrupt the vote and the closure of stores.<br />Such tactics are known as "packing" and are common when companies are under threat of employee unionization.<br />Starbucks claims these actions were an effort to increase efficiency and remodel stores
