Michelle Eisen is a theater artist and a member of Starbucks Workers United. In 2021, she and her co-workers in Buffalo, N.Y., formed the first Starbucks labor union in the U.S.

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Insights From the First Starbucks Union

by Michelle Eisen 06-06-2022
"It was the most emotionally charged experience I have ever had in my life."
Starbucks employees hold raised fists in the air during a union vote

Michelle Eisen (center left) and other Starbucks employees react during a union vote held in Buffalo, N.Y., on Dec. 9, 2021. / Photo Credit: Lindsay DeDario / Reuters

"It was the most emotionally charged experience I have ever had in my life."

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