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FILE - Dan Loftus carries books at Half Price Books in Mayfield Heights, Ohio on May 11, 2020. Half Price Books was co-founded in 1972 by Ken Gjemre, a former corporate employee who in middle age wanted to make a living more in line with his ideals as an environmentalist and anti-war protester. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
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“These workers are organizing because they love their jobs, and they love their company, and they want their company to be better so they can stay in their jobs and have a career as a bookseller,” said Caitlin Blair, spokeswoman for UFCW Local 227.
A group of booksellers at Half Price Books’ Hurstbourne Parkway store voted Friday to unionize, according to UFCW Local 227, the union organizing the workers.
