Brooklyn Restaurateur Is Depicted as an Antisemitic Caricature in a Pro-Union Zine | Eater NY
"Days before the union election I learned that pro-union zines left in the bakery break room included English-language pamphlets (not translated for Spanish-speaking workers) about management tactics to dissuade organizing, and that on page six a hook-nosed, top-hat-wearing caricature appeared beside the line “Don’t be manipulated into passivity,” a depiction widely recognized as an antisemitic stereotype. Owner Andrew Tarlow, who is Jewish and oversees the Marlow Collective that includes She Wolf, said he was hurt and called the image a violation of harassment and discrimination policies, writing to staff and the union that he was at a loss and troubled that a push for equity employed such imagery. Two employees later admitted making the zine, apologized saying they had pulled the illustration thoughtlessly from a random book of images, destroyed all copies, and the RWDSU investigated and agreed the image was inappropriate and antisemitic. She Wolf employees had voted by a supermajority on January 18 to file for a union election with the NLRB because they want access to affordable healthcare, higher wages, and better temperature control, and some workers also cited discrimination in a Jacobin article." - Melissa McCart
