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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Roeder

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Colectivo coffee baristas brew up a union contract | History Defined

Colectivo Coffee in Andersonville at 5425 N. Clark St. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times)

Employees at Colectivo Coffee ratified their first labor agreement since organizing in 2021 with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Union leadership said Wednesday that the employees ratified a two-year contract covering about 90 employees in the Chicago area and nearly 500 in Wisconsin, where Colectivo’s operations are based. IBEW Local 1220 represents Colectivo’s Chicago staff, while IBEW’s Local 494 handles the Wisconsin workers.

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