A Starbucks store in Grand Rapids, Michigan has become the first location in Michigan to unionize amid a broader unionization movement within the Seattle-based coffee chain.
Workers at a Starbucks store at 2480 Burton St. SE won a union election administered by the National Labor Relations Board with 15 votes in favor of unionizing and three against, according to the NLRB.
The vote makes the Grand Rapids store the first in Michigan to unionize, but others may soon follow suit. NLRB election dates are scheduled at 10 other stores in Ann Arbor, Clinton Township, Flint, Grand Blanc, Lansing and East Lansing in the first week of June. A 12th store, in Ann Arbor, is waiting for an election date to be scheduled, according to a spokesperson with the union.
