LISTEN: The story of Chicago's coffee shop unions — Starbucks struggles to Intelligentsia successes

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A Starbucks logo hangs in the window of one of the chain's coffee shops in the Loop on January 04, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Workers at the coffee shop have submitted signed cards seeking to join an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), making it the first Starbucks in the Midwest to request a union certification. Photo credit Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago is known for being a "union town." Although, do you ever think of your local barista becoming apart of one? This episode of WBBM's In Depth, we dive deep into local coffee shops and their unionization efforts, successes, failures and uncertainty for workers rights — along with the different degrees of acceptance from their workplaces.

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