Unionized Starbucks in Edgewater closing, labor organizers say

Union activists say Starbucks is closing a store in Edgewater that was one of its first Chicago locations whose employees voted for collective bargaining rights. (Charles Krupa, AP Photos)

Starbucks is closing a store in Edgewater that last May was the one of the chain’s first locations in Chicago to unionize, the Workers United labor group said Thursday.

The store is at 1070 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Madison Lisle, an organizer with Workers United, said employees were informed last week that the store will close Oct. 30.