Staffers are pressing the D.C.-based chain to end its no-tipping policy and bolster benefits and working conditions.
Workers at seven Compass Coffee stores have signaled their intent to unionize. The chain has 17 locations in D.C. and Northern Virginia. A group of Compass Coffee workers announced plans Friday to unionize more than a third of its stores, pressing the D.C.-based chain to end its no-tipping policy and improve benefits and working conditions., an SEIU affiliate that has organized more than 425 Starbucks stores since 2021.
The campaign — which involves four cafes in downtown D.C. and one each in Georgetown, Spring Valley and Rosslyn, Va. — is one of severalFor the Compass workers, the no-tip policy is a primary issue. When it was adopted in March 2020, they say they were assured that a corresponding bump in their hourly wages would make up the difference. But staffers, who currently
If customers ask about tipping or make comments about price increases, employees are instructed to say gratuities are included in the menu price,Benefits are also a sticking point. While Compass offers benefits such as health care and paid time off, employees say the company suspended 401 retirement plans for hourly workers last fall and raised health-care deductibles and prescription costs in March.
Employees also raised concerns about building and equipment maintenance, store temperatures and a lack of a human resources department. workers linked to organization efforts. Employers, union experts say, can be emboldened in the face of union organizing because there are no actual penalties for violating U.S. labor laws. The National Labor Relations Board can order a company to reopen a closed store or reinstate fired employees, they say, but it cannot levy any fines that might discourage such behavior.
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