SAN ANTONIO — Another San Antonio Starbucks has voted unanimously to unionize, according to a press release, becoming the fourth store in Texas to officially do so amid a national push for better wages and benefits for hourly workers.
The release from former Austin City Councilmember Greg Casar, who previously sent a letter to Starbucks higher-ups in a show of support for workers, states the Starbucks workers at Houston and St. Mary's Street won their union election in a 13-0 vote. A tweet from the local unionizing effort confirmed the news.
The store on 410 and Vance Jackson was the first Starbucks to unionize in San Antonio, doing so just last week. That store was also the first to petition in Texas. Meanwhile, two other locations in north San Antonio and Bulverde have signaled their intention to unionize.
Starbucks workers at 295 stores across the country have thus far filed to unionize, with 160 stores winning their elections, according to More Perfect Union website.
Rossann Williams, Starbucks’ North America president who has been a prominent figure in the company's push against worker unionization, is leaving the company after 17 years, according to the Associated Press.
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