A Starbucks store in Grand Rapids is poised to be the first in the state to count votes for unionization, while more than half a dozen others in the state have set election dates.Ballots cast by baristas at the 2480 Burton St. location in Grand Rapids will be counted Friday, said Matthew Kain, a…

Organizing in Michigan, once a union stronghold, has symbolic significance. […] Votes for the other Michigan locations are expected to be collected in the first week of June.

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