How Union Contracts Protect and Empower Coffee Workers
As well as improved pay and benefits, a ratified union contract offers coffee workers power in an often-exploitative industry.
One of the weirdest stories to ever grace this coffee news roundup: Dutch Bros Coffee vs Bees (and a good opportunity for some Nic Cage references). Plus, a coffee chain opening in high schools, and Stumptown ditches dairy.
Read the whole thing over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
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