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Years :
2004 2005 2006 - 2007 - 2008 2009 2010

Events[edit]

May 16: Baristas at the Wealthy Street Starbucks in East Grand Rapids announce their membership in the IWW Starbucks Workers Union, becoming the first store in Michigan to declare union membership at the world's largest coffee chain. Starbucks, notorious for poor treatment of workers, follows with numerous anti-labor violations and is forced by the NLRB to settle Grand Rapids union worker complaints in October.

October 2: IWW Starbucks Workers Union baristas at the Wealthy Street Starbucks in East Grand Rapids, Michigan win their grievances against the world's largest coffee chain. Starbucks, notorious for poor treatment of workers, chooses to settle after the NLRB nails them for anti-labor violations.