Heine Brothers

Employees of the Louisville chain Heine Brothers’ Coffee ratified the agreement nearly a year after their organizing effort went public.

The staff is the second at a Louisville-area Starbucks to unionize. In May, employees at an East End location voted in favor of a union.

Heine Brothers’ Coffee just opened the shop’s fourteenth Louisville location. Fourteen stores is a lot for a local chain, which brings up the question: why are there so many?

The Louisville-based Heine Brothers Coffee and Vint Coffee chains will merge.Heine Brothers was founded 17 years ago by Gary Heine and Mike Mays. Now,…