unionization

A second Columbia location of the Seattle-based coffee chain voted Thursday to unionize. Employees say they have some changes in mind.

The Starbucks at Nifong Boulevard and Buttonwood Drive in Columbia has become the first branch in the city where workers have unionized.

BeLeaf Medical is arguing the post-harvest employees at its Sinse facility in St. Louis don’t have the right to unionize because they’re considered agricultural workers.

Voluntary recognition by the city means those workers will be included in future collective bargaining.