What happened when Detroit coffee shop workers tried to unionize
After baristas at the former Great Lakes Coffee went on strike, the company closed its stores. The fight for labor rights isn’t over.
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After baristas at the former Great Lakes Coffee went on strike, the company closed its stores. The fight for labor rights isn’t over.
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Deven Mantz graduated from Minot High School in western North Dakota with his class of 2009 and worked home construction in the first few years of the Great Recession.