PARSIPPANY, NJ — Baristas at a Starbucks location in Parsippany voted to unionize on Friday, becoming the second store in Morris County (and the fifth in the state) to join Starbucks Workers United.
The Troy Hills Starbucks at 1429 Route 46 was among 18 stores that sent a letter to company CEO Laxman Narasimhan last week, declaring their intent to form a union and calling for better pay, more consistent scheduling, and improved benefits.
There are 27 employees at this store, and vote was 16-0, the union said.
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The movement began in Buffalo, N.Y., where workers at two stores voted to unionize in late 2021. Now, Starbucks Workers United estimates there are more than 10,500 workers who have unionized with Starbucks across 440 locations nationwide.
Starbucks is working on a framework with Workers United to handle contract negotiations at unionized locations, both the company and the union said. This came after both the coffee chain and the union sued one another last October, in a standoff sparked by a social media post over the Israel-Hamas war.
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