Three more Starbucks locations in Buffalo area vote to unionize

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The number of unionized Starbucks stores has doubled after employees at three more locations in the Buffalo area voted to join Workers United, a union affiliated with the Service Employees International Union.

The tallies at all three stores were close, with one location voting 8-7 and the other two voting 15-12 in favor of a union.

"It's been a slog of a legal process," says Colin Cochran, an employee at one of the stores, noting that his location first petitioned for a vote six months ago. "It shouldn't be this hard... but at the end of the day, winners win."

Starbucks employees in Buffalo described enduring what they called union-busting tactics over many months, with one store closed for two months after it had petitioned for an election, and stores being flooded with managers sent in from across the country. Union organizers say it was an attempt to disrupt organizing efforts and dissuade employees from voting for a union.