Starbucks Arizona Union Election Ordered by U.S. Labor Board

  • Ballots to be mailed Jan. 14 to store workers in city of Mesa
  • Employees in New York voted last month to establish union
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A U.S. labor official granted a request by Arizona workers at Starbucks Corp. to hold an election that could expand the new unionized foothold at the retail coffee chain, rejecting the company’s arguments against holding store-by-store votes.

In a Friday ruling, the National Labor Relations Board’s regional director ordered that ballots be mailed out Jan. 14 to employees at a store in Mesa, Arizona, who will have until Jan. 28th to return them.