What We Won Last Time
Monetary reward for staying with the company
What are raises? - $0.50 a year for up to 3 years
Corporate employees receive this addition to their long-term benefit, something the company refused baristas during bargaining
What is 401(k) Match?
Having a 1:1 meeting with a manager? Invoke this right so you aren't alone
What is/are Weingarten Rights?
Showing up with your coworkers to discuss workplace issues, build solidarity, and plan collective action.
What is attending a union meeting?
Extra pay certain days of the year
What is Holiday Pay? - 1.5x pay on Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and New Years Day
We all are entitled to this type of leave under FMLA, but corporate and management have them fully paid
What is Parental Leave?
What is Bereavement Leave?
This Act protects our ability to organize unions across the nation
What is The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?
A visible way for workers to show support for the union and demonstrate solidarity in the workplace.
What is wearing union buttons?
The ability to receive a paycheck even if you didn't work
What is PTO? - 24 hours/year after 1 year tenure, 60 hours/year after 3 year tenure
We get 3, they get 15
What is Paid Time-Off?
Law that covers food service workers⎯like baristas⎯to have predictable schedules, premium pay for last minute shift changes, & protects against being fired for something you were never warned about
What is the Fair Workweek Law?
A group of employees collectively confront a manager about a shared grievance and request a firm deadline for a solution.
What is marching on the boss?
An obligation for the company to schedule you enough hours
What is an hours guarantee? - Minimum 30 hours for full-time workers
Corporate workers are able to have one of these days per week, something that's impossible in our line of work
What is a remote day?
This department sets the base wage and general working conditions for nearly 20 million workers across New York state
What is the Department of Labor?
When the pressure campaign expands beyond the workplace, sharing the worker grievances with the broader community.
What is going public to the media?
A formal process to fight against company action believed to be unfair or illegal
What is grievance and arbitration? - The union can grieve unfair write ups and firings
Corporate workers have this benefit fully paid for, something that comes in handy if you're over the age of 26
What is health insurance?
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has increased the funding for this agency by $32 million and, with the Manhattan District Attorney, empowered the agency to pursue criminal prosecutions against employers who engage in wage theft
What is the Department of Consumer and Worker Protections (DCWP)?
A planned demonstration in which workers show management that they are prepare to take collective action.
What is holding a practice picket?