It probably comes as no surprise that the Democratic National Party employees are going to end up with a union, most likely without a vote. The DNC said that if a majority of workers “in a mutually agreed upon bargaining unit express their desire to form a union,” they will voluntarily recognize it. The SEIU is certain of the outcome.
In what has historically been a difficult industry for unions to gain a toehold, momentum is building in small restaurants across the country. All of the obvious reasons that organizing in such businesses is tough – small employee groups, rampant turnover, disparity between servers and kitchen staff – don’t seem to be as hard to overcome when the move is initiated from within the staff rather than from outside the walls.
