Three San Francisco Bay Area Peet's Coffee stores successfully unionize
Three Peet’s Coffee stores voted to unionize Wednesday, bringing the total of unionized Peet’s cafes nationwide to four. All are in Northern California.
Two cafes voted unanimously to unionize: One Oakland location (Temescal) had 16 “yes” votes, and the Berkeley location had nine. The Piedmont Avenue location in Oakland had eight “yes” votes and seven against; only a simple majority was needed. The unionized workers are now represented by the Industrial Workers of the World Industrial Union 460 (IWW IU460).
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“We respect the outcome of the vote, and it doesn’t in any way change our commitment to our people,” the statement read. “Our story began here in the Bay Area and we look forward to writing the next chapter with our employees, moving forward together as Peet’s.”
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Now, organizers will switch their focus to the bargaining table. Among their demands, workers want a standard base pay rate and cost of living adjustments; expanded benefits like better health care for part-time employees; safer workplaces; and “stringent accountability standards for management.”
LINK (probable paywall) https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/peets-union-18262590.php
Hopefully Peet's statement is sincere ... and no one will be laid off or fired on bogus charges.
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