Superior Starbucks workers become first in state to form union

SUPERIOR — Employees at the Starbucks coffee shop in Superior voted overwhelmingly Friday to form a union.

The Rock Creek Circle shop voted 12-2 — with one ballot voided — in favor of joining Starbucks Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, according to the National Labor Relations Board. 

Similar elections are scheduled later this year at six other Colorado locations, the union, which did not respond to request for comment Monday, said on Twitter. 

The Denver Post reported that wages, benefits and staffing will be top priorities when the newly formed union shop goes to the bargaining table…