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In recent years, numerous small business employees in Ithaca have engaged in concerted activities- and even formed unions. Many of these employees are millennials, which is consistent with national trends- in 2017, 76 percent of union members were younger than 35. Local examples of union organizing include workers at Nikki Green, who attempted to form a union in response to stagnant wages. Additionally, workers at Gimme Coffee successfully unionized and GreenStar employees have begun organizing.