Earlier this year, workers at Colectivo voted to join a union, but the fight isn't over yet. Colectivo has continued its legal fight against these efforts, questioning the vote's validity. So far, the process has taken nearly two years. Although Colectivo says it will bargain in good faith with the IBEW union once it is certified, it's unclear how long Colectivo plans to fight against the union's certification.
"Where we thought it was going to end was after the seven ballots that Colectivo challenged were ultimately deemed to be open, and all of them voted yes. We thought that was going to be the end-all," says John Jacobs, the assistant manager with IBEW Local 494.
Colectivo recently appealed the election results to the National Labor Relations Board, which Jacobs sees as a deliberate attempt to stall the process and quash employee's efforts to join a union. While Colectivo hasn't signed a contract with the IBEW union, they've signed a contract with the Labor Relation Institute, an organization known for union-busting which held anti-union meetings that employees were required to attend.
Ida Lucchesi, a cafe shift leader for Colectivo, says that while these tactics have been tiring this limbo has also presented some opportunities.
"I am tired, but it's also an opportunity they've created to do more community building on our part. I have more time to go out and make solid connections with employees that I hadn't been able to do before. So, there are some bright sides to...
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