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demmiblue

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1. DIA stops selling Great Lakes Coffee amid barista strike

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2022, 07:38 AM

Mar 2022

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

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OK, Great Lakes Roasting is my favorite coffee house, but I'm going to give it a miss for now...... [View all] marmar Feb 2022 OP

DIA stops selling Great Lakes Coffee amid barista strike demmiblue Mar 2022 #1