When adjusted for inflation, the real hourly wages of U.S. workers have decreased since last summer.
Blue Bottle Independent Union
@bbiunion.bsky.social
We are an independent, rank-and-file led union fighting for living wages, democratic control of the workplace, and protection from harassment! bluebottleunion.org linktr.ee/bluebottleunion
🚨Major bargaining update! 🚨 Our union has received Blue Bottle’s last, best, and final offer on wages. Blue Bottle’s offer is comparable to the economic offer recently gained by Blank Street workers in Boston. Read more about where we stand here: www.bluebottleunion.org/blog/august-...
August 2026 Bargaining update — Blue Bottle Independent Union
Dear BBIU baristas, Our bargaining team met with the company on August 11 and 12 to continue our negotiations for a strong first contract. The company provided our union with what they claim is the...
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🚨 Rideshare Drivers United, over 20k workers strong in California, is calling out SEIU's re-writing of labor law with Uber and Lyft to do away with employment rights and box out member-run unions RDU is pledging to fight on and has a strategy to do so. Statement: drive.google.com/file/d/1b3xs...
2026.08.10 RDU AB1340 Public Statement.pdf
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organized worker power > organized consumer power
Brandworkers is putting on a hell of a panel about the labor organizing surge in NYC with workers from Attaboy Local 134, Teamsters-Amazon Labor Union, National Domestic Workers Alliance, and the Breaking Breads Union Tickets: givebutter.com/workerpower2...
A Panel Discussion on the Collective Power Surging Through New York City
By Brandworkers
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I'm honored to endorse "Against Tech Oligarchy" by Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan out soon from @haymarketbooks.org An instant addition to rank & file canon, the book combines the authors' deep shop floor experience with careful empirical work on labor struggle in the world's dominant industry
Against Tech Oligarchy Book Launch
You’re invited to the official preorder launch of Against Tech Oligarchy, the first history of the tech worker movement published by Haymarket Books. Join DSA Tech Action, Verso Books, and leaders acr...
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Show off your BBIU pride by donning our merch — proceeds go to our strike fund. Head to store.thelaborforce.org/bbiu/ to browse!
Looking for ways to support our union? Here are a few:
Blue Bottle has locations in all of these cities and does not pay baristas a livable wage in any of them! Baristas in Boston and SF pay over 30% of their income toward rent
Only In Boston@onlyinbos.bsky.social · 2w agoBoston remains the 3rd most expensive rental market in the United States for a one-bedroom apartment, with a median monthly rent of $2,900. Only New York City ($4,560) and San Francisco ($4,180) are more expensive.
Here's everything we've got coming up for the month of August, we'll see you there :)
The charges against David Huerta have been DROPPED www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Case to Be Dropped Against Labor Leader Caught in L.A. Immigration Raid
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Please sign and share our action letter, let Massachusetts's AGO know we won't quit until they enforce the law. A future for trans kids may depend on it! actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
Images from this morning, as workers walked out on strike
C.M. Lewis 🦬⚔️@thehousered.bsky.social · 3w agoLet’s fucking go 🔥🔥
NEW, from me: Today, nearly 1000 workers at Mount Nittany Medical Center in central PA have walked off the job on a 5-day strike. The nearly wall-to-wall union (somewhat rare in healthcare these days) has been in the midst of negotiations for months. Their contract expired July 1.
Nearly 1,000 Mount Nittany Workers Launch 5-Day Strike for Quality Patient Care and Good Jobs
Workers at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, PA hit the picket lines Monday in order to pressure management to get back to bargaining in good faith.
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We're making progress at the table -- read our latest bargaining update here! www.bluebottleunion.org/blog/july-20...
July 2026 bargaining update — Blue Bottle Independent Union
Dear BBIU baristas, Our union’s bargaining team made significant progress in negotiations on July 22 and July 23. We will be holding a meeting to discuss how we should respond on Wednesday, July 29 a...
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Rest in power Piper We’ll forever be in your union lineage
Blue Bottle Independent Union@bbiunion.bsky.social · 3w agoThis past Sunday Piper Milliken, a member of our bargaining team, executive board, and founding organizer of our union, died. She was 27 years old. It was an honor and privilege to organize alongside her. May her memory be a blessing. www.bluebottleunion.org/blog/in-lovi...
What a devastating loss for the labor movement. My many condolences to her BBIU siblings. 💔
Blue Bottle Independent Union@bbiunion.bsky.social · 3w agoThis past Sunday Piper Milliken, a member of our bargaining team, executive board, and founding organizer of our union, died. She was 27 years old. It was an honor and privilege to organize alongside her. May her memory be a blessing. www.bluebottleunion.org/blog/in-lovi...
This past Sunday Piper Milliken, a member of our bargaining team, executive board, and founding organizer of our union, died. She was 27 years old. It was an honor and privilege to organize alongside her. May her memory be a blessing. www.bluebottleunion.org/blog/in-lovi...
In Loving Memory: Piper Milliken — Blue Bottle Independent Union
Dear BBIU baristas, I am writing to you with devastating news. This past Sunday Piper Milliken, a member of our bargaining team, executive board, and founding organizer of our union , died. She was 2...
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Wikipedia workers have unionized, and they're demanding recognition. Wiki Workers United in the U.S. is demanding voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia. WWU-US is organizing with the CWA. cwa-union.org/news/release...
Wiki Workers United U.S. Branch Demands Voluntary Recognition from Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia
Today, Wiki Workers United U.S. (WWU-US)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) demanded voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and siste...
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#GeneralStrike100: Had a great chat the other day with Jon Boud on his All The Rage podcast about the 1926 general strike. We covered everything from the roots of the dispute to its legacy today. Listen here: www.mixcloud.com/trax/jon-bou...
Starbucks' sustainability strategy in 2020: “We’ll cut emissions in half by 2030.” ☕🌍✨ Starbucks' sustainability strategy in 2025: Lol nvm. Translation: We missed our climate target so badly we’re quietly lowering the bar and hoping you’re distracted by a s'mores frappucino.
Coming soon: Class Struggle of our Own, an interview of SUN member and staff @dgorganize.bsky.social on his new book: unionsofourown.org out now from @haymarketbooks.org In conversation with @americanwork47.bsky.social for New Politics
After two years of legal battles with Trader Joe's, workers in Chicago FINALLY win their union! hoodline.com/2026/07/nort...
Chicago Trader Joe's Wins Union After NLRB Ruling
Trader Joe’s Lincoln Ave. wins union recognition after NLRB ruling.
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Finally this Trader Joes union election in Chicago was declared a WIN, congrats to the workers! traderjoesunited.org/news-updates...
Trader Joe’s Workers in Chicago, IL Vote to Unionize — Trader Joe's United!
After more than two years of waiting, workers at the Chicago, IL store on Lincoln Avenue (Store #688) have officially won their union election and have joined Trader Joe’s United (TJU), the independen...
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Baristas at all 7 Blank Street Coffee locations in Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge are moving to unionize. Workers say they want better staffing, clearer workplace policies, and stronger protections as the fast-growing coffee chain continues to expand.
All this while Starbucks is the biggest violator of US labor law in modern history, btw
In case you missed it in our bargaining update — in June baristas voted 84% in favor of authorizing another strike! Baristas cannot wait any longer for livable wages, it’s time for Blue Bottle to negotiate www.bluebottleunion.org/blog/june-20...
