Tartine Bakery Workers Move to Unionize, Say They’ve Been Neglected by the Company | Eater SF

"Founded in 2002 as a single Mission bakery, this world-famous, rapidly expanding brand became known for around-the-block lines and for pioneering the recent artisanal bread and pastry movement; more than 140 Bay Area employees recently signed a letter declaring their intention to unionize in hopes of attaining a fair balance of power, quality benefits, high morale, and good wages, and if successful some 200-plus Bay Area employees across four locations would join the local International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The company now has roughly 10 locations globally (including five in the Bay Area and several in Seoul), and workers say expansion has made the business feel more corporate and less like a neighborhood bakery." - Luke Tsai