The Grand Rapids branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) held a press conference on May Day outside of the East Grand Rapids Starbucks store. The press conference is part of an ongoing campaign to get Starbucks to recognize the union's legal right to organize workers at Starbucks via .
A video of the press conference:
In addition to their ongoing organizing work, the Grand Rapids IWW announced their support for a fellow worker who was fired at a Starbucks in SEville, Spain. The Spanish trade union--the CNT--has in turn circulated information about the Grand Rapids Starbucks organizing effort as a show of solidarity.
