Watch workers in Buffalo excitedly celebrate becoming the nation's first unionized Starbucks

Starbucks workers at a coffee shop in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize on Thursday, becoming the first of the chain's company-owned stores to successfully organize, The Buffalo News reports.

The vote to unionize won by a 19-8 margin, reports CNN Business, and came after a "major" campaign by the company to convince workers they would be better off voting against union representation. Two other Starbucks stores in Buffalo also voted — one location voted against unionizing, and the third location's votes are still being tallied, writes The Associated Press.

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Summer Meza has worked at The Week since 2018, serving as a staff writer, a news writer and currently the deputy editor. As a proud news generalist, she edits everything from political punditry and science news to personal finance advice and film reviews. Summer has previously written for Newsweek and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, covering national politics, transportation and the cannabis industry.