Starbucks workers in Ellicott City file to unionize with SEIU affiliate

Employees at the Starbucks on U.S. Route 40 in Ellicott City have filed to unionize with an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), becoming the fifth location in Greater Baltimore to do so in roughly a year. Workers at the location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on May 25 stating their intent to join the Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board, an affiliate of SEIU that has been behind the national Starbucks Workers United organization effort.