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1. A bit of local coverage in a Chicago suburb.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:11 AM
Dec 23
Workers Strike At Des Plaines Starbucks Location
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/workers-strike-at-des-plaines-starbucks-location/

Workers at the Starbucks store on Lee Street in Des Plaines joined unionized baristas in other major U.S. markets Friday in a strike over what they call are unfair labor practices.

The store at 1427 Lee St. was closed early Friday morning (Dec. 20) with a group of four employees and a strike organizer holding signs in front. “No coffee ’til Christmas,” they told drivers passing by, some honking their horns in support.

Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) said the escalating strikes would occur in three of the company’s “most important markets” — Seattle, Los Angeles and Chicago — through Christmas Eve next week, “unless Starbucks honors our commitment to work towards a foundational framework,” the union said on X.

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It's a suburb in the political sense of Cook County outside the city of Chicago proper.
But it's urban population density with public transit, not sprawl.

Any other smaller venues on strike?
Please post coverage here.

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