Tampa Starbucks employees vote to unionize


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 8:45 a.m. May 15, 2024
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Starbucks workers cited poor working conditions in a letter to the company's CEO.
Starbucks workers cited poor working conditions in a letter to the company's CEO.
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Employees at a Starbucks in Tampa voted Tuesday night to unionize, making it the eighth location in Florida to organize.

According to a statement from Starbucks Workers United, the vote was 13 to 5.

The local shop, which is on North Dale Mabry Highway and Linebaugh Avenue just outside the Carrollwood neighborhood, was one of five nationwide where employees voted to approve joining a union Tuesday.

 

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