Employees at a Starbucks in Belmont Store submitted a petition to seek unionization on Monday, joining two other local stores one in Long Beach and one in Lakewood in the nationwide movement.
The attempted theft last week comes as fuel prices skyrocket across the country, with Long Beach and Los Angeles seeing breaking record numbers in cost increases.
Starbucks United Workers, a union group under the National Labors Relations Board, submitted a petition that seeks unionization of coffee shops on Seventh Street in Long Beach and another on Candlewood Street in Lakewood.