Union Organizing Goes DIY at JJ Bean
Submitted on August 7, 2011
By Dawn Paley - Vancouver Media Co-op
Even though their beans may be fair trade, local coffee shops like Waves, Blenz and JJ Bean continue to be staffed by precarious, non-union workers, a fact which a committed group of baristas is out to change...The most recent attempt at union organizing in Vancouver coffee shops has taken place at JJ Bean, a hip coffee chain with nine locations in Vancouver and a tenth in North Vancouver.
