Dunbar’s Starbucks location is just the fourth in all of B.C. to be represented by United Steelworkers Local 2009. But even as a wave of organizing hits the coffee giant’s stores across the continent, unionizing is no easy thing.

Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/10/20-Year-Old-Unionized-Vancouver-Starbucks/

Dunbar’s Starbucks location is just the fourth in all of B.C. to be represented by United Steelworkers Local 2009. But even as a wave of organizing hits the coffee giant’s stores across the continent, unionizing is no easy thing. Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/10/20-Year-Old-Unionized-Vancouver-Starbucks/

’Meet the 20-Year-Old Who Unionized a Vancouver Starbucks

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