View this email in your browser Hi there! You're receiving this email because you've been a friend to the Burgerville Workers Union in the past, and we want to keep everyone updated about our struggle, our wins, and how you can be involved. UNION UPDATES Last year, we striked on Labor Day. This Labor Day we have holiday pay! BVWU Wins Holiday Pay! Burgerville corporate has finally caved on one of the Union’s demands, and agreed to holiday pay for workers. Beginning this Labor Day, workers with shifts on Labor Day, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and National Cheeseburger Day will receive time and a half, and double pay on Thanksgiving Eve and Christmas Eve (also double pay for those working Thanksgiving or Christmas at the PDX airport). Notably, Burgerville workers have gone on strike on two of these holidays, Labor Day and National Cheeseburger Day. Burgerville corporate is right to be worried that we might strike again if workers’ demands are not met. Workers have power, and this win is more evidence that we can achieve fair and equitable working conditions for all Burgerville workers. When we fight together, we win! Commit to taking part in our struggle by signing or renewing your pledge to boycott Burgerville and stand with the BVWU!



TAKE THE PLEDGE Benefits Without Bringing Anything to Bargaining? While celebrating the holiday pay win, it’s also important we remain alert to Burgerville corporate’s anti-union strategy. We may have won tips and holiday pay, but neither of those things equates to a living wage, and a meaningful raise is the issue that Burgerville corporate has been the most slippery about when it comes to bargaining. In what is becoming a troubling pattern, corporate announced holiday pay to workers without first bringing it to the union at the bargaining table, a clear sign that they are not willing to negotiate in good faith and work out a fair contract. Burgerville corporate can’t avoid giving us a real raise by introducing minor benefits, and we won’t rest until we have a fair contract signed. You can help by pledging to boycott Burgerville until they give workers a living wage, and by donating to our Strike & Hardship fund, all of which goes directly to workers who are on strike or facing serious hardship due to living on poverty wages. Donate to Strike & Hardship Fund