Starbucks Workers Vote to Unionize at New York Restaurant (3)

Starbucks Corp. employees voted to unionize one of the company’s New York restaurants, creating a unique labor foothold among thousands of corporate-run U.S. stores.

In ballots from elections at three Buffalo-area stores counted Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board, the first store’s vote was 19-8 in favor of unionization. The second store’s vote was 12-8 against forming a union, while voter-eligibility disputes left the third store in limbo.

This marks a potential watershed for a labor movement that in recent decades has rarely prevailed in such elections at the biggest U.S. companies. It could inspire a flurry of new ...