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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Roeder

Labor’s brewing renaissance: Union drives gain steam at Starbucks, other coffee shops

Starbucks workers held a one-day strike Aug. 30 at the store at 5964 N. Ridge Ave. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

If there’s really a renaissance going on in the American labor movement, it’s a heavily caffeinated one.

Coffee shops across the country have delivered a buzz for union organizing, especially at Starbucks. Some Chicagoans in recent weeks, visiting Starbucks for their morning joe, have encountered staff dramatizing grievances by walking a picket line.

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