Metro Area Starbucks Votes to Join Nationwide Movement to Unionize

Metro area Starbucks votes to join nationwide movement to unionize

A metro area Starbucks now joins the likes of those in Chicago, New York and beyond as baristas voted for the right to unionize.

Huntsville Starbucks workers vote to unionize

A barista making coffee. A group of Starbucks employees voted to unionize at a shop in Huntsville earlier this month.(Getty Images)Workers at a Starbucks in Huntsville voted to unionize earlier this month, becoming the third Alabama store to organize. Ten out of 17 eligible voters cast their ballot. Eight voted to join, while two voted against it. Six baristas led the charge to bring the workers into the Starbucks Workers United (SBWU), which re…