Workers at Marylands first unionized Starbucks describe their fight for workplace democracy

Published: April 29, 2022, 5:53 p.m.

b'On Monday, April 25, the N. Charles cafe in Baltimore\\u2019s Mt. Vernon neighborhood became the first Starbucks location in Maryland to unionize. The final election results, certified by the National Labor Relations Board, were a clean sweep: 14 \\u201cYes\\u201d votes and zero \\u201cNo\\u201d votes out of 22 eligible voters, with zero voided ballots. In this special podcast edition of Battleground Baltimore, recorded minutes after the official vote count, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with four Starbucks partners from the N. Charles location\\u2014Violet Sovine, Nico Finol, Jennifer Clawson, and Kieren Levy\\u2014about their collective fight for an inclusive, safe, and democratic workplace, and about the larger movement to organize Starbucks partners across the country.

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Pre-Production/Studio: Maximillian Alvarez
Post-Production: Jules Taylor

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