Why Does Starbucks Stall Union Negotiations? Because It Can. Weak labor laws allow the coffee giant to avoid contract talks. Capital & Main · Aug 29, 2023
Workers launch union effort at world’s largest Starbucks, downtown Chicago’s Michigan Avenue roastery Workers at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery on Chicago's Michigan Avenue — the largest Starbucks in the world — are seeking union representation. Chicago Tribune · Jul 14, 2023
LGBTQ workers are at the forefront of Chicago’s labor resurgence. ‘You have to learn to stick up for yourself’ Jordan Parshall first got involved in political activism in his early teens growing up in Minnesota. Chicago Tribune · Jun 13, 2023
2022 saw a wave of new unions form. Getting to the bargaining table is the next challenge CHICAGO — As snow fell on the picket line outside a Bucktown Starbucks in November, striking unionized baristas kept warm with cups of Colectivo Coffee, which is brewed by members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a union that also represents baristas at Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee. Chicago Tribune · Jan 3, 2023
Report of odor aboard Florida-bound flight stops jet at Charlotte airport, officials say CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A possible odor aboard an American Eagle flight forced the plane to stop on the taxiway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Monday morning, airline officials said. Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2022