Workers hope to create first unionized Starbucks in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Some workers in the Honolulu suburb of Mililani are aiming to create the first unionized Starbucks in Hawaii.
Organizer Nate Jaramillo is cautiously optimistic, Hawaii Public Radio reported Thursday. But staff at the Mililani Town Center Starbucks won’t know until next week whether they have the votes to unionize.
“People just want to get to the count already, so I have no reason to believe that, you know, the vote would turn out any other way than ‘yes,’ because I think that we have the majority,” Jaramillo said. “But I’m not going to assume that we’ve won.”
