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Workers at four Starbucks stores in Eugene voted to unionize on April 28, joining Oregon’s first union Starbucks that voted two weeks prior.

Workers at a Eugene Starbucks voted 17-0 to unionize. In the next month, ballots will be counted at a dozen more Oregon stores.

Nearly 170 Starbucks locations nationwide have requested union representation elections so far, including 16 in Oregon.

Union campaigns at Starbucks have been exploding in recent weeks. Workers at over 130 locations in 29 states have requested union elections.

Nine Starbucks locations have now filed for union representation in Oregon, including six in Eugene alone.

As of Feb. 1, 55 Starbucks stores nationwide have launched union efforts with Workers United, an affiliate of SEIU.

Since Dec. 8-9, when Starbucks workers in Buffalo voted to unionize, workers at nearly a dozen other stores have filed for union elections.

A Seattle-area unionist has bitter memories of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.

Starbucks pays a fired Portland barista to settle charges, after federal agency issues complaint.

At the 5,647 coffee shops owned by Starbucks Corporation in the United States, not a single employee is represented by a union.