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IN THE NEWS: Another Voice: Starbucks saga shows that labor law stops workers from organizing

ILR Buffalo Co-Lab Director, Cathy Creighton, weighs in on local labor efforts.

Buffalo made international news recently for the efforts undertaken by workers at Starbucks to join a union. On Aug. 30, workers at three Starbucks locations (Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, Camp Road in Hamburg and Genesee Street in Cheektowaga), petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election so that workers could vote on whether they wished to be represented by Workers United.

 

Read the full article here: 

https://buffalonews.com/opinion/another-voice-starbucks-saga-shows-that-labor-law-stops-workers-from-organizing/article_4c0ade2c-3350-11ec-ae4f-ef999218e9f1.html