Three cafes in Somerville just become some of the first in Massachusetts to approve union contracts, and they hope it becomes a blueprint for the rest of the industry.
The union movement is picking up steam in coffee shops across the country.
Employees at Diesel Café, Bloc Café and Forge Baking Company voted on a contract that includes a 95-cent raise within the first month. It also includes other pay raises twice a year. The agreement also increases paid time off for every year spent at the company. "It's beneficial for all of the workers, specifically, so we are not being taken advantage of and we are getting the pay and necessary benefits that we needed," shift runner Gaelon Kolczynski said.
Kolczynski said the employees at Diesel were inspired after seeing the steps other companies were taking. The labor fight at some Starbucks locations in the Boston areaGet New England news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.State Rep. Mike Connolly, who represents both Cambridge and Somerville, said pandemic and inflation are both reasons why the union movement is gaining traction.
"It's become impossible for too many residents just to meet the basics of living so that helps fuel efforts for workers to organize and ask for better conditions," Connolly said.is another example of how the working class is organizing.
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