The employees of the Cleveland Park paint-your-own pottery studio All Fired Up have voted to unionize. The staffers began a campaign to formally unionize in early April, and they unanimously voted to do so during a National Labor Relations Board election.
“Unionization gives us a formal role in shaping policy and process,” the employees’ organizing committee’s members—who said staffers were inspired by similar efforts at Crumbs and Whiskers cat cafe in Georgetown and Aslin Beer Company—wrote in a statement. “As a small business without HR, we need a way to advocate for our needs.”
The workers say they’re looking for higher base pay, paid sick leave, and options for health care coverage among other demands. At the moment, full-time employees in non-leadership positions make minimum wage and receive zero benefits, committee members say.