E123.1 [TEASER]: IWW Starbucks Workers Union, bonus episode

E123.1 [TEASER]: IWW Starbucks Workers Union, bonus episode

Author: Working Class History July 15, 2026 Duration: 10:10
Free preview of the bonus episode to our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers.
This episode covers more about Daniel’s work and organising history, the political and economic context of the early 2000s, and retaliation by Starbucks against him, and what happened in the subsequent legal case. 
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