Why Is It So Hard to Unionize a Bar? It’s Complicated.

When workers at Death & Co.’s New York City location announced they were unionizing last fall, the organizers expected a quick, if not entirely painless, process. “With 100% of workers signing union authorization cards, we’re confident that we will soon be able to build a workplace that works for EVERYONE,” the aspiring union wrote in an announcement on Instagram. But Gin & Luck, the parent company that runs the cocktail bar, didn’t voluntarily recognize the union, triggering an election with the National Labor Relations Board. Still, the bartenders leading the effort were undeterred. “You’re just gonna see 100% of us voting yes,” Marc Rizzuto, a bartender at Death &

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