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Show Notes
At least a half-dozen local Starbucks, and seven independent cafes or restaurants in Philly, have taken steps to unionize in the last couple of years. But recently, some local cafes where workers have formed unions have either closed down, or workers have voted to reject the union they joined. Host Trenae Nuri talks with Lizzy McLellan Ravitch, workforce reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, about what drove this unionization movement and whether these setbacks are a sign that the "hot labor summer" is cooling off.
Read Lizzy's most recent story about coffee shop unions here.
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