On Wednesday, May 1, employees of the Portland breakfast cafe Fried Egg I’m in Love began the process of forming a federally recognized union. The workers have submitted union election authorization cards to the National Labor Relations Board, vying for a formal union election. However, unlike many unionization efforts, the Fried Egg Workers Union isn’t organizing to respond to mismanagement or challenges within the workplace. Rather, it’s hoping to maintain the working conditions the team currently has.
In a press release, members of the Fried Egg Workers Union, affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World, noted that their main goals in unionizing were to protect the rights workers
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