The push to unionize Starbucks has reached Montgomery County, Maryland, as 14 workers at a store in Olney are planning to form a local shop.
A petition filed with the National Labor Relations Board shows all full-time and regular part-time baristas are on-board, as are shift supervisors and assistant store managers.
The vote is set for May 20.
Some Starbucks stores have been unionizing since December, and a yes vote would make the Olney location the third to unionize in Maryland.
A Baltimore location was the state’s first to vote for a union.
Starbucks said in a statement that while it respects the right to unionize, the company believes it and employees are better together without a union in between.
