Coffee Shop Workers in Maine Form a Union, Reflecting Nationwide Movement – Food Tank
A coffee shop in Brunswick, ME is the latest foodservice establishment to form a union in Maine, reflecting a nationwide movement.
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A coffee shop in Brunswick, ME is the latest foodservice establishment to form a union in Maine, reflecting a nationwide movement.
Mark A. Nehme is an Associate in the Sills Cummis & Gross Employment and Labor Practice Group. He represents and counsels employers in connection with employment law and human resources issues, such as harassment and discrimination, wage and hour law, family leave laws and workplace accommodations, among others.
Patricia Prezioso is a labor and employment litigation attorney at Sills Cummis Gross law firm counseling companies looking to manage risk or facing claims for discrimination, whistleblower, retaliation, equal pay, invasion of privacy, defamation, FLSA claims, worker misclassification
The union says it expects the strike will shutter some stores entirely; at others, managers or other workers may keep the stores open.
Josh Crowell is a member of SBWU's National Bargaining Committee. Liam Easton-Calabria is a member of SBWU's National Contract Action team. The SBWU union drive is at a crossroads. Less stores are filing for unions. From February to May, SBWU averaged 56 new filings per month. Over the last four