Three More Starbucks Locations in NY Vote to Unionize

Attorney Ian Hayes and Starbucks workers speak during a news conference to react to a decision by the National Labor Relations Board to postpone a scheduled union vote count in Buffalo, New York, on Feb. 23, 2022. Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Employees at three Starbucks stores in the Buffalo metropolitan area of New York have voted to unionize after a ballot count on March 9, bringing the total number of unionized stores to six.

Labor activists in at least two dozen states have been leading the charge to unionize.