How Did the Piodemic Change Your Job?

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"I never would have occurred to me when i was your age to push for a union at one of my jobs in food service," she says. "Store closers, when they place people after it's not like them working with us till they find a spot that's good for us." The piodemic has changed the way starbucks does business and how workers are treated by their bosses.

Starting a union can be a tall order, but many baristas have found it’s an effective way to venti their frustration with management.

This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.

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