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So you've unionized your Starbucks. What comes next?

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This week, Starbucks partners at the Broadway and Denny Location in Capitol Hill clocked in to their first shift at a unionized Starbucks.

Employees voted unanimously to unionize, becoming not just the first location on the West Coast to do so — but also the first in Starbucks’ hometown.

Soundside host Libby Denkmann spoke to KUOW news anchor Paige Browning about where other union votes are brewing, and what comes next for employees.

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