On Tuesday, March 29, on cue from a carefully timed text from their coworkers in the bargaining room, unionized coffee shop workers across all four locations of Darwin's Ltd. in Cambridge, MA announced to customers that they were taking a synchronized seven-minute break and walking out. Their brief
Workers say management has been slow to schedule bargaining sessions and reluctant to negotiate a contract, delays that workers describe as a “union-busting tactic.”
In solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon and all worker organizing, the Support Amazon Workers Network declared Feb. 26 a “Workers Power Day.” That day, the 10th anniversary of the racist murder of Trayvon Martin, was chosen to link the struggle for worker rights to the struggle against racism. Actions were held…