Fifty Starbucks workers in the Buffalo, New York area are trying to form a union, which would be a first for the coffee chain.
They formed an organizing committee under the name "Starbucks Workers United," and released a public letter to Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson on Twitter Monday morning, which was picked up by local news outlets.
"We are forming a union to bring out the best in all of us ... Many of us have invested years of our lives in Starbucks, while others have recently become partners. We all have one thing in common —we want the company to succeed and we want our work lives to be the best they can be," the letter reads.
—SBWorkersUnited (@SBWorkersUnited) August 23, 2021
