Employees at Iowa City’s Clinton and Burlington Street Starbucks location file to unionize

The movement to unionize comes after alleged issues with the management team at the location. Amid a national push for worker unions, staff at the Starbucks in downtown Iowa City filed to unionize on Monday. The staff is planning to hold a vote in May and if more than 70 percent of employees vote to unionize, the store will be the first Starbucks location to unionize in Iowa. The labor movement Starbucks Workers United has helped stores around the country organize into the union as criticisms of Starbucks management teams...