Michigan Starbucks workers overwhelmingly favor unions

Starbucks workers have overwhelmingly voted to support union representation at Michigan stores this year.

Why it matters: The national labor movement is now sweeping across Starbucks stores and other coffee shops in Detroit and across the state.

• Organizers believe the labor campaign will attract other hospitality workers who want better pay and working conditions.

By the numbers: Union representation elections have occurred at 12 Starbucks locations this year within the National Labor Relations Board's Detroit region, which covers the lower peninsula.

• 10 stores voted in favor of representation and two rejected it.

The big picture: Nationwide, unions have been certified at 133 of the 148 Starbucks stores where election results are final, according to the NLRB.