Blue Bottle Coffee

Five Blue Bottle Shops to Unionize in Boston | Eater Boston

"Staff at the Prudential Center location joined a coordinated union drive across several Boston-area shops, arguing that current pay and working conditions make it difficult to afford living in the city and that employees lack meaningful input in cafe operations. Workers reported inadequate training, frequent managerial turnover, managerial apathy about complaints, and facility problems. They formed an independent, democratically governed union to control demands, strategy, and finances, have given the company a deadline to recognize the union voluntarily, and intend to pursue formal NLRB certification if necessary." - Erika Adams