What creates change? It isn't praying for corporate to catch a hint. Union baristas have won big changes in their stores - and throughout the entire company - after taking action. You don’t have to wait around for your job to get better… let’s organize and stand up together!

So excited that my comrades at the Blue Bottle Independent Union won their union election in the Bay Area yesterday. #UnionStrong!

New working-class self-activity, organising campaigns, and struggles are emerging in this sector all the time... Decisively, cafe workers, who already see themselves as part of the working-class, should be aided as "they seize the power and begin their reconstruction of society."

We are looking to understand the class composition—that is, workers power vis-à-vis capitalism in their workplace—in the café sector in the US to support workers to foster and further their own class consciousness, advance organizing efforts, read and circulate these struggles...

Take a read of the workers' inquiry by Blue Bottle Independent Union and Workers Inquiry Dot Work via Notes from Below here: notesfrombelow.org/article/class-…

Are you a cafe worker? Take a read of our inquiry on cafe work and organizing at Notes from Below and we invite you to share your reflections too: bit.ly/cafeinquiry Thank you. Your friends at Blue Bottle Independent Union and Workers Inquiry Dot Work!

Take a listen! Blue Bottle Independent Union and Workers Inquiry Dot Work joined hosts Justin, Sadie, and Jay on the librarypunk podcast to chat about our workers' inquiry on the cafe sector in the US, indy unions, organizing and neighboring topics. Thanks to for having us on! podbean.com/ew/pb-pbc7w-19…

Labor's answer to automation: less hours, more pay. Undated UAW poster from the 1950s. 📸 @reutherlibrary

“It’s a stunning message for Starbucks management to send to their workers who’ve [won unions at 600+ stores], & they’re still waiting for the company to negotiate a contract. It says a lot about who they really value at that company and who they don’t." theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…

Hi, Cafe Workers: what do you think and do while at work? How are you organizing at work? Blue Bottle Independent Union and Workers Inquiry Dot Work published a workers' inquiry with Notes from Below and we'd love to hear what you think!

Join American Worker of Workers Inquiry Dot Work and other fantastic speakers this Wednesday as they celebrate the release of Strike When the Needle is Hot!

Immigrant Service, Cafe, Care and Nonprofit Workers are on the move—refusing current regimes of work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, speaking about their working lives and demanding workplace democracy. Join us at Historical Materialism Journal London as part of the Notes from Below stream!

#workersinquiry

Want to hear more about our workers' inquiry into the cafe sector in the US? Join Anastasia Wilson, Alex Pyne from Blue Bottle Independent Union, and Kevin Van Meter at American Worker at HM London 2025 next month!

Don't miss out on hearing Anastasia Wilson and Alex Pyne (Blue Bottle Independent Union) talking about #workersinquiry with Richard D. Wolff on this weeks #EconomicUpdate!