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Starbucks urged to turn over a new leaf after successful unionisation campaign
Union badges at the Starbucks outlet in Buffalo, New York

STARBUCKS workers urged it to drop its anti-union stance and sit round the table in an olive branch to the global coffee chain on Friday.

Last week’s historic victory saw the Starbucks store in Elmwood, Buffalo become the first to form a union.

The National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) confirmed on Friday that Workers United, which represents some 86,000 workers, will be certified as the bargaining representative.

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