Starbucks employees at the company’s Heritage Place store in Vancouver voted Wednesday to unionize, according to the Starbucks Workers United union.
The vote was 11-3, according to the union, which said the Vancouver store is now the 23rd unionized location in Washington.
“I’m excited to finalize the election process and work toward getting a contract, hopefully this inspires other Vancouver stores to come together and fight for our rights,” Amber Bell-Halleaux, a barista and organizer at the Heritage Place location, said in the union’s statement.
The statement said that over 350 Starbucks stores in 41 states and the District of Columbia have unionized since December 2021.
