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Go to your local coffee shop, and you can probably find Fair Trade coffee. Fair Trade certification lets you know that the farmers were paid a decent wage for their work. But can you get the same guarantees for the musician playing at the coffee shop? A union in Portland, Oregon, is launching a campaign to ensure working musicians earn a living wage for their labors as well. Deena Prichep reports.


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