Low unemployment stats and a number of job openings the retail and service workers less concerned about being fired for union activities. Yesterday the 35 workers at the Terrace Plaza Starbucks voted to become members of United Steelworkers Union, Local 1-207. It is difficult for chains to unionize because they must do so one physical location at a time and with 950 company-operated Starbucks in Canada it remains to be seen what effect this move to unionize the Terrace Plaza Starbucks will have upon Starbucks at other the locations