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Three Starbucks stores in the Portland area are joining stores across the country in filing for union elections in one of the biggest labor movements to hit the food service industry in years. If the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) approves elections, workers at the three locations could receive ballots as soon as a month from now—and that may just be the beginning: at least two more Starbucks stores in the Portland area are preparing...

Workers at four Starbucks stores in Portland have voted overwhelmingly to unionize, becoming the first stores in the Portland metro area to join the Starbucks Workers United union. A number of Starbucks workers and their allies gathered in a meeting room at the Oregon AFL-CIO headquarters in Southeast Portland to watch the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) vote count for elections that began on April 22. There wasn’t much suspense. Workers at the SE 28th...

As workers at the Starbucks store at 28th and Powell in Southeast Portland prepare to receive ballots for the union election on April 22, shift supervisor B Morris-Brand is feeling confident. “I’m just excited to see all the hard work that all of my partners have [done] pay off,” Morris-Brand said. The 28th and Powell store is one of four Starbucks locations in Portland that is set to hold a union vote later this month,...

Three Starbucks stores in the Portland area are joining stores across the country in filing for union elections in one of the biggest labor movements to hit the food service industry in years. If the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) approves elections, workers at the three locations could receive ballots as soon as a month from now—and that may just be the beginning: at least two more Starbucks stores in the Portland area are preparing...

Three Starbucks stores in the Portland area are joining stores across the country in filing for union elections in one of the biggest labor movements to hit the food service industry in years. If the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) approves elections, workers at the three locations could receive ballots as soon as a month from now—and that may just be the beginning: at least two more Starbucks stores in the Portland area are preparing...