The union organizing drive involving coffee chains in Chicago amounts to more than a hill of beans. First there was Colectivo, then Starbucks and now workers at Intelligentsia Coffee have voiced interest in unionizing.
Local 1220 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has filed a petition for a union election covering workers at the five Intelligentsia storefronts in Chicago, plus its Chicago Roasting Works warehouse at 1850 W. Fulton St. If accepted by the National Labor Relations Board, the petition could lead to an election that decides if the workers unionize.
