The last two-decades-plus have been tough for unions in Oklahoma, but organized labor is enjoying a renaissance thanks to Starbucks’ baristas. For this week’s Observercast – Brewing Up A Union – Alisha Humphrey, who helped organize her fellow workers at the Nichols Hills’ Starbucks in Oklahoma City, joins us to discuss how the union movement got started here, where it currently stands, where it may be headed and why Generations Y and Z are embracing organized labor when many Baby Boomers won’t.

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