OK, Great Lakes Roasting is my favorite coffee house, but I'm going to give it a miss for now......

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Great Lakes Coffee workers in Detroit go on strike, demand better pay and working conditions


(Detroit Metro Times) More than 100 people gathered outside Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co.’s flagship store in Midtown Detroit on Wednesday to support baristas and cooks who went on strike and are demanding better wages, improved working conditions, and union representation.

The employees are asking for a fair contract that includes a starting wage of at least $15 per hour; COVID-19 protocols; anti-harassment and anti-discrimination protections; affordable health, dental, and vision insurance; and paid time off, including sick days and parental leave.

Baristas tell Metro Times they are overworked, understaffed, underpaid, and mistreated by management.

Max Capasso, 24, who uses they/them pronouns, has worked at the Great Lakes shop at the Rivertown Market on East Jefferson for six months at $11 an hour and says they have never received a break. Capasso says they’ve worked from open to close without any help. ....................(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/great-lakes-coffee-workers-in-detroit-go-on-strike-demand-better-pay-and-working-conditions/Content?oid=29358248#.Yg7i3QPtAIM.link

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1. DIA stops selling Great Lakes Coffee amid barista strike

The food services provider for the Detroit Institute of Arts will stop selling coffee from the Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co. in solidarity with striking baristas and cooks.

Twenty employees of the local coffee chain have been on strike since Feb. 16 to demand better wages and insurance, COVID-19 protocols, and anti-discrimination protections.

The DIA’s food service provider, Culinaire, decided to use a new coffee vendor beginning Tuesday.

The striking workers, who go by “Comrades in Coffee,” said they hope other institutions follow.

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/dia-stops-selling-great-lakes-coffee-amid-barista-strike/Content