Starbucks Workers in Buffalo Store File Petition to Oust Union

Workers at a Starbucks Corp. cafe in Buffalo, N.Y., have petitioned to oust Workers United as their representative, a little more than a year since they voted to unionize.

The decertification petition was filed Friday with the National Labor Relations Board for a store in downtown Buffalo known as the “Del-Chip” cafe. The location was the sixth Buffalo-area Starbucks store to organize in April 2022 after employees there voted 18-1 in favor of representation.

A viable decertification bid must be filed at least a year after the unit’s certification—April 14 for the Del-Chip cafe—with proof that at ...