Yahoo Finance reporter Dani Romero provides the latest info on Starbucks workers attempting to unionize.

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- Welcome back, everyone. The first Starbucks store to unionize is in Knoxville, Tennessee. But we've learned that there's a catch. Yahoo Finance's own Dani Romero. We'll bring her in here for more on this. Dani, what do we need to know? DANI ROMERO: Yeah, that's right. The vote count in Knoxville, Tennessee, was deemed inconclusive after the initial votes were counted on Tuesday. The vote was 8 to 7 in favor of unionizing at that store. But there was one challenge ballot by Starbucks. Still, 11 employees did not cast their vote at that store. Although they did win by one vote, there is still that remaining ballot that was challenged, that could change the outcome if it were open. So according to the National Labor Relations Board, the regional district director will have to make that decision on whether or not they will open up that ballot. And there could be a hearing for that. And it's still unclear when that timeline would really happen and that decision could take place. But baristas at that store, during the press conference, were confident that this is a win. Take a listen. MAGGIE CARTER: We're very pleased with the result. We do know that it's going to be delayed just a little bit. But we feel confident that this is going to be a win in the end. DANI ROMERO: So, meanwhile, Starbucks has argued that single stores should not hold a vote and that it should be held district wide. So far, nine stores have voted to unionize and 8 have been successful. But that's still only a fraction of the 9,000 locations nationwide. And as of today, there are more than 160 locations across the country that have filed a petition to unionize, and while there are still 76 unfair labor practice cases opened against Starbucks. [? Rochelle. ?] - We're still seeing stores pushing ahead with this. A second store in Memphis has also been making efforts to unionize. How has that been going? DANI ROMERO: Yeah, against this whole backdrop in the South, seven employees were actually fired from the Memphis store in Tennessee, amid unionization efforts earlier this year. Starbucks said, though, that the firings were a result due to violated safety policies, not unionization efforts. They made that pretty clear. The coffee giant said that the fired employees violated store policies after they had a interview with a local news station in a closed store. So, they said, this is their quote, "our investigation revealed that partners violated numerous policies, including maintaining a secure work environment and safety security standards." And that was according to a spokesperson from Starbucks. The Knoxville vote, though, is the third unionization tally since CEO Kevin Johnson announced his retirement just a few weeks ago. And former CEO will be taking that position, once again, and for the third time. And it's still unclear how [? Scholz ?] will really handle this labor movement within the company. - Certainly a lot of moving parts. We do thank you for getting us up to speed. Yahoo Finance's Dani Romero.