Employees at the Bowling Green Starbucks on East Wooster Street took the first steps toward unionizing, joining a growing movement of baristas across the country considering unionization, according to WTOL11.  

If successful, the East Wooster location would become part of the Starbucks Workers United, the national union leading the charge.  

So far, 580 Starbucks stores nationwide have unionized, and the union said momentum continues to build. 

“There just aren’t enough people scheduled to keep the store running smoothly,” one employee told the station. “And the new policies are making it harder to do our jobs.” 

Workers at the East Wooster store have voiced multiple concerns, including inconsistent scheduling, limited hours, low pay, and policy changes according to the WTOL report.

The start of unionization comes from a broader wave across the nation. More than 1,000 workers from 75 stores across the U.S. have gone on strike in recent weeks, protesting a company dress code policy.  

A union representative told Yahoo News the dress code should be subject to collective bargaining, as part of the union’s core demands. 

With these actions, Starbucks claims the strike is having a limited impact on its company, as less than 1% of the Starbucks workers are participating in the strikes, and in some cases, the strikes closed stores for less than an hour.  

The Union said the organizing momentum is strong and growing.