Employees at two more Connecticut Starbucks locations have voted unionize, officials said, as a nationwide organized labor movement continues.
Baristas at the Starbucks on Litchfield Turnpike in Woodbridge on Friday voted 13 to 1 to join the Starbucks Workers United, union organizers said. On Monday, workers at a Hamden Starbucks on Dixwell Avenue voted 12 to 0 to also join the union.
They have become the fourth and fifth Connecticut Starbucks locations, respectively, to unionize, according to Starbucks Workers United, which said it has now organized more than 10,500 baristas at 480-plus stores nationwide since 2021.
A Starbucks in West Hartford was the first in the state to unionize in 2022.Â
Union representatives said they are working to create a national template for labor contract negotiations with the coffee chain.
Baristas say they are seeking better wages, racial and gender equity, and fair schedules.
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