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Workers voted to join Starbucks Workers United, joining seven other stores across the country to do so this week.

Conversations about forming a union at the Indiana Avenue Starbucks have been going on for nearly two years, according to one of the store's baristas.

The Bloomington vote comes over a year after Indiana’s first union Starbucks became official.

If successful, the workers will join Workers United, the union representing 331 unionized stores across the United States.

In past statements, Starbucks has urged against unionizing, arguing management can address workers’ concerns better without interference from a third party.

The frustrated Clarksville employees went on strike Friday in tandem with a hundred other stores nationwide.

A store in Clarksville became Indiana’s first, and so far only, Starbucks location to vote for unionization in late July.

A Starbucks out of Clarksville, Indiana is the first in the state to file for unionization. This is following a trend in Starbucks locations across the country.