We're not just employees of Starbucks, I mean we are Starbucks.

It's today explained I'm Noelle King and actually employee is not really a word Starbucks

prefers.

The term of art for a Starbucks worker is partner.

Being a partner, that sounds just a word.

It's a real sense of ownership.

I've had so many opportunities to grow and I've felt nurtured in that partnership.

If you want to be part of something really big, this is the place to do it.

It's like okay you're going to call me a partner, like I'm going to make myself a partner.

Like let's do it, let's talk, let's be partners.

Today, how Starbucks partners started calling the company out and forming a partnership of their own.

Ronnie Mola, you're a senior data reporter at Recode from Fox.

And for the last couple of months, you have been talking to a lot of baristas.

What have you been up to?

So I've been talking to tons and tons of baristas.

For some reason, they all seem to be 22 years old.

I've talked to more 22-year-olds now than I've done since I was 22.

And we're seeing this unprecedented wave of unionization happening at Starbucks,

the nationwide coffee chain.

Already, a whole bunch of Starbucks have voted to unionize.

And in the coming weeks and months, something like 160 more are slated to vote.

This is notable because it's a big widely known corporation.

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