Workers at the GreenStar Food Co-Op on Cascadilla Street voted decisively to unionize on August 28, marking a significant milestone for the popular locally-sourced grocery store in Ithaca.
The vote was conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and saw 60 workers in favor and 14 against forming a union under Workers United, which also represents Gimme Coffee, Sciencenter, Citizen Action, and Ithaca Health Alliance workers.
Workers United also briefly represented the workers at all three Starbucks locations in Ithaca that voted to unionize in April 2022. Starbucks responded by shutting down all three unionized storefronts in the city, which resulted in an NLRB Judge ruling that the company repeatedly violated federal labor laws…