The other evil empire has lost a union fight.

Starbucks, that is, and although this case has its roots in Manhattan, the implications cannot be far for Boston-area franchises of the mediocre coffee chain. The IWW (everyone's favorite rabble-rousing anarchist labor union) has won a major battle with the green lady:

The IWW Starbucks Workers Union won a watershed victory yesterday in the first National Labor Relations Board conflict over unfair labor practices between the world's largest coffee chain and the baristas who work there. Faced with the prospect of having its widespread union-busting campaign exposed in a public hearing, Starbucks agreed to remedy all of the myriad violations committed against workers who have organized a union.

If any of our fair readers work at the 'Bucks, drop us a line, we'd like to talk to you.

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