Starbucks union says the coffee giant is closing a store to retaliate

Pro-union pins sit on a table during a watch party for Starbucks' employees union election in December in Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks union organizers say the company is closing a New York store to retaliate. (Joshua Bessex/AP)

Starbucks is closing a store in Ithaca, N.Y., in what Starbucks union organizers are calling an illegal move of retaliation after workers at the location voted to unionize.

The coffee giant gave the employees at the College Ave. location near Cornell University a one-week notice of the closure, the union says, with the store slated to permanently close on June 10.