Employees at three Somerville coffee shops move to unionize
They join a growing labor movement of cafe workers across the Greater Boston area.
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They join a growing labor movement of cafe workers across the Greater Boston area.
Ownership at Pavement has agreed to recognize an ongoing unionizing effort based on a card check, avoiding a formal vote.
So what's next for Pavement workers? If an official card check shows majority support, the company has agreed to good faith negotiations.
Pavement Coffeehouse Employees Move To Unionize; Would Be First Union Café In Mass. Pavement Coffeehouse's Brighton location on Western Ave Tori Bedford / GBH News Employees at Pavement Coffeehouse, a local chain with locations around Greater Boston, have begun the process of forming a union â hoping to become the first coffee shop in the state with a unionized workforce. Eleven members of the Pavement Coffee Organizing Committee, represented by the New England Joint Board UNITE HERE union, delivered a letter to Pavement Coffee Roasters owner Larry Margulies Tuesday morning that decla...