Irene Koo
Employees of beloved D.C. sandwich shop Compliments Only are trying to form a union and seeking a $21 per hour wage.
In late June, a majority of the workers — eight out of an estimated ten employees — first asked owners Pete Sitcov and Emily Cipes to recognize their union, but they declined, according to multiple workers. They went public with their union drive this past weekend, when employees, including several who walked off mid-shift, demonstrated at the Dupont Circle sandwich shop.
Compliments Only’s owners did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.
Three employees and about two dozen supporters visited the sandwich shop Saturday with the intention of picketing if the owners again declined to recognize their union.
“We are going to ask you again to recognize us as a union and give us a wage increase,” employee Zach Slavin told Sitcov and Cipes, who were working that day. Cipes said it’s not something they can answer at the moment, as a few dozen people, including patrons and press, watched from inside the shop.
Seconds later, three employees from behind the counter walked off their shifts, leaving Sitcov, a manager, and two other employees to make sandwiches for the lunchtime rush. The six employees and their supporters then exited the shop to picket just outside. They picketed for roughly an hour as the shop remained open.
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