Sam Woods at WUWM 89.7/NPR Milwaukee reports Employees at Discourse Coffee Workshop have voted to Unionize. The company has agreed to recognize the Union without a National Labor Relations Board Election after more than 70% of the Employees signed Union Authorization Cards and will soon begin negotiations. The 23 Employees at Discourse are Unionizing under Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Organization (MASH), which also represents recently Unionized Workers at Anodyne Coffee and Employees in the Deer District. Discourse Coffee Workship was founded in 2017 in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, before moving to Milwaukee in 2021. It currently has two locations in Milwaukee and a residency location in Chicago. Only the Milwaukee-area Employees will be covered by the Union. MASH President and Business Manager Peter Rickman said Discourse Workers Unionized primarily to ensure their workplace conditions wouldn’t deteriorate in the future: “Workers formed a Union at Discourse Coffee to have a voice and a seat at the table to protect what they love about their work and this company.”

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