Workers are seeking higher pay and more of a say in staffing and scheduling decisions.
Baristas Elise Vazquez, left, Aspen Schucker, center, and Payton Carlson after a unionization vote on Jan. 23, 2023, at La Colombe in the Gold Coast.
The Gold Coast baristas are the first La Colombe coffee shop workers in Chicago to unionize; their vote comes after employees at one of the company’s D.C. locations voted to unionize in December, according to labor board records. Baristas at four of La Colombe’s five Chicago cafes have filed for union elections with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Local 881, which also represents grocery workers at Jewel-Osco and Mariano’s grocery stores.Aspen Schucker, a barista at the 4 E.
In a statement Monday, La Colombe said it respected the Gold Coast baristas’ decision to be represented by UFCW.
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