Chicago Starbucks employees push to unionize

By Andrea Guthmann
Starbucks union
Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a viewing of their union election on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks workers there voted to unionize over the company’s objections, pointing the way to a new labor model for the 50-year old coffee giant and highlighting a growing movement for labor organizing in the U.S. Joshua Bessex / Associated Press
Starbucks union
Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a viewing of their union election on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks workers there voted to unionize over the company’s objections, pointing the way to a new labor model for the 50-year old coffee giant and highlighting a growing movement for labor organizing in the U.S. Joshua Bessex / Associated Press

Chicago Starbucks employees push to unionize

By Andrea Guthmann
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A unionization effort is brewing at Starbucks across the U.S. Reset talks to an alderman who supports the push.

GUEST: Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th Ward