Starbucks Workers Solidarity Sip-ins on Labor Day (Blake Benard)
Organized labor is making inroads at Starbucks.
That’s true nationwide, thanks to a Buffalo, N.Y., unionization drive that broke through decades of resistance. It’s happening here, too: 19 Starbucks in Oregon have voted to unionize since April, 11 of them in Portland.
Over Labor Day weekend, Starbucks Workers United held “sip-ins” at 16 locations, including the Lloyd District and Jantzen Beach shops on the morning of Sept. 5.
Aaron Mesh is WW's editor. He’s a Florida man who enjoys waterfalls, Trail Blazers basketball and Brutalist architecture.
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