Workers at Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches in the Seattle area voted overwhelmingly to unionize with UNITE HERE LOCAL 8 in late 2022, and they have been fighting for a first contract ever since. In fact,  workers from two Homegrown stores have been on strike since late last fall in protest of the unfair termination of union leader Sydney Lankford, who was fired after speaking up at a union delegation. By the time you hear this, workers at the Redmond Homegrown location will have been on strike for over 100 days. We talk with Sydney Lankford and Perry, two members of the Homegrown workers union who are currently on strike.  

Additional links/info below…

• Homegrown workers union Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter/X page
• Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches Contact Us page
• PETITION: Tell Homegrown to #Bring Syd Back! 
• STRIKE FUND: Support Striking Homegrown Workers! #BringSydBack 
• Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) website 
• Renata Geraldo, Seattle Times, "Seattle’s Homegrown Cafe Workers Vote to Unionize"
• KIRO 7, "Workers at Redmond’s Homegrown Sandwich Shop Strike Over ‘Unfair’ Firing of Union Leader"

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Featured Music...

• Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song
• Jules Taylor, "Homegrown outro music"