Three Peet’s Cafes Organize with IWW in California
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Report on successful union organizing campaign in the bay area of so-called California at Peet's Cafe chain stores by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).  Three Peet’s Coffee shops in Berkeley and Oakland, California, United States, won their campaign to form a union with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). On June 9,...
    • zabadohOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If you read the article, evidently the IWW’s customer service was better.

      An international union actually makes sense if you think about today’s corporate landscape.

      Modern large corps are very international, with facilities for production, distribution, and retail all over the globe, so just striking in one country doesn’t make sense because funds and production can be shifted so quickly to a different city, state, or country.

      The pandemic demonstrated how tightly connected the supply chains are, so striking just one or a few parts can have ripple effects on the bottom line.

  • Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    On June 9, the workers filed their demand for a union election for the stores at 2051 Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, and at 4050 Piedmont Avenue and 5095 Avenue (known as Temescal) in Oakland.

    Then there’s also the Starbucks in the Castro and the one on 9th & Irving, and a couple in Berkeley. In case you want to know where to get your coffee.