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Two more Seattle Starbucks stores vote to unionize, 100 so far throughout U.S.


FILE - A sign at a Starbucks location in Havertown, Pa., is seen April 26, 2022. Starbucks says it will pay travel expenses for U.S. employees to access abortion or gender-confirmation procedures if those services aren't available within 100 miles of a worker’s home. The Seattle coffee chain says, Monday, May 16, 2022, the benefit will also be available to dependents of employees enrolled in its health care coverage. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
FILE - A sign at a Starbucks location in Havertown, Pa., is seen April 26, 2022. Starbucks says it will pay travel expenses for U.S. employees to access abortion or gender-confirmation procedures if those services aren't available within 100 miles of a worker’s home. The Seattle coffee chain says, Monday, May 16, 2022, the benefit will also be available to dependents of employees enrolled in its health care coverage. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
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SEATTLE – An Eastlake Starbucks has voted to unionize, the 100th store to do so within the company.

The first Starbucks, in Buffalo, New York, unionized in Dec. 2021, the first West Coast location unionized a few months later in April.

RELATED: Starbucks workers at Seattle store OK union vote, first for city and US West Coast

There are now 100 stores in 25 states who have joined Workers United, 150 others are waiting votes.

The Eastlake store employees won their vote 12-0.

“I am so proud of every single one of my coworkers,” barista Chloe Bennet said. “Today happened because of the strength they had to stand up for one another. They are the nicest and most passionate people and they are amazing at their job. I'm so excited to work towards a future where they are taken seriously, listened to and valued for the amazing things they do at work everyday.”

The store filed for union election in March and Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) claims employees saw aggressive union-busting since. SBWU also said Lindsey Price, the union leader and former shift supervisor, was fired after announcing the employees would vote on unionization.

"We chose to unionize because Starbucks was neglecting our facility and the safety of our partners,” Price said.

The Union Station store also won its union election 6-3 Friday, making it five total Seattle stores in the union. Four more are ready to vote in the near future.

KOMO News is reaching out to Starbucks for comment regarding the unionization

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