HONOLULU — Some workers in the Honolulu suburb of Mililani are aiming to create the first unionized Starbucks in Hawaii.

Organizer Nate Jaramillo is cautiously optimistic, Hawaii Public Radio reported Thursday. But staff at the Mililani Town Center Starbucks won’t know until next week whether they have the votes to unionize.

“People just want to get to the count already, so I have no reason to believe that, you know, the vote would turn out any other way than ‘yes,’ because I think that we have the majority,” Jaramillo said. “But I’m not going to assume that we’ve won.”

The final count is expected to be announced on Monday. Mail ballots were sent out two weeks ago.

Thirteen staff members are eligible to vote. Managers and shift supervisors aren’t allowed to cast ballots.

In a statement, a Starbucks spokesperson wrote that the Seattle-based company is better together without a union, but will respect the rights of employees to organize, as required by the National Labor Relations Board.