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Collected Item: “Workers From Fiver Spyhouse Locations Went on Strike”

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Workers From Fiver Spyhouse Locations Went on Strike

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Instagram

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Workers from five Spyhouse locations went on strike to demand recognition of their union, Unite Here Local 17, and improve COVID-19 safety conditions.

Spyhouse owner, Christian Johnson, has hired a PR firm and lawyers with the intention of disrupting the unionization effort. The owner, through a PR firm, declined to comment on Saturday's strike.

Spyhouse workers are part of a growing new labor movement of hospitality workers in Minnesota. In recent months, workers from Tattersall, Lawless, Surly, Fair State, and Stillheart have collectively organized into a union to create more equitable workplace environments.

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strike, union, Covid-19 safety, conflict, workers, labor, labor movement, hospitality workers, Minnesota, Social Justice, ASU, HST580

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CFXQ2Bkn6gh/

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Drew Arrieta @itsdrw

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2020-09-20
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