SUCCASUNNA STARBUCKS WORKERS VOTE TO UNIONIZE
Fifth Store in New Jersey

Succasunna, New Jersey – With a 17-4 vote, workers at the Succasunna
Starbucks store, located in Morris County at 401 Route 10, in the
Succasunna and Ledgewood sections of Roxbury, voted to unionize,
making it the fifth store in the State to do so.

Under the leadership of Starbucks Workers United, four other locations
in New Jersey have also unionized, including:  Hopewell, Hamilton,
Summit and Montclair.

“Congratulations to the Succasunna Starbucks workers and partners, we
commend their efforts in calling the Starbucks company to begin
bargaining in good faith,” said Albert Arroyo, Co-Manager of Laundry,
Distribution and Food Service Joint Board, Workers United, SEIU.  “We
support their cause and encourage the public and legislators to join
us in the unionizing of Starbucks workers.”

Starbucks partners at unionized New Jersey shops request quality
training and quality health care benefits, consistent scheduling and
protection of benefits.

“As a partner who has worked at Succasunna for over 2 years, I can say
that management has undermined our needs, solely focusing on corporate
demands,” said Rouen Nelson, Succasunna Starbucks worker.  “We have
survived understaffing and illegal union busting practices form our
ever-changing managers, our success this week ensures that our voices
will be heard, and our workplace environment will be a welcoming one.
Can not wait to see what we can accomplish in the future.”

Background
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is currently prosecuting the
company for failing to bargain in good faith with workers. So far, in
15 favorable decisions out of 16, NLRB judges have found that
Starbucks committed 161 federal labor law violations, including 19
unlawful discharges.  The federal government is currently prosecuting
Starbucks for approximately 75 complaints, encompassing over 200
charges and alleging over 1300 violations, including 77 discharges.
This makes the Coffee Giant the worst violator of labor law in modern
U.S. history.

Starbucks Workers United, formed by Starbuck workers, has taken the
labor movement by storm. Since December 2021, over 8,000 workers in
320 Starbucks stores in 38 states and the District of Columbia have
successfully unionized, making it the company with more new unions
than any in the 21st century.

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Starbucks Workers United represents over 320 locations accounting for
nearly 8,000 workers in the country. The LDFS Joint Board Workers
United is a proud member of the SEIU NJ State Council, composed of
unions representing around 15,000 service workers in the state.