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Campustown Starbucks workers vote to unionize Peoria coffee shop

WCBU | By Tim Shelley
Published April 26, 2022 at 1:52 PM CDT
Union organizers at the Campustown Starbucks react to the store's 9-2 vote in favor of establishing a union.
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Union organizers at the Campustown Starbucks react to the store's 9-2 vote in favor of establishing a union.

Baristas at the Campustown Starbucks location are unionizing.

Employees voted 9 to 2 at the Peoria Labor Temple Tuesday to form a union under the umbrella of Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.

The Peoria Starbucks location is the second in Illinois to organize under a growing unionization movement at Starbucks locations across the country. Starbucks workers in Cary also voted Tuesday to organize into a union.

This story will be updated.

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Union organizers at the Campustown Starbucks react to the store's 9-2 vote in favor of establishing a union.
Anthony Walraven
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Union organizers at the Campustown Starbucks react to the store's 9-2 vote in favor of establishing a union.
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Tim Shelley
Tim is the News Director at WCBU Peoria Public Radio.
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