Señor Chuggs
Friend of Kava
As I'm combing through the scrollercoaster today, I find this:
https://twitter.com/@UKWL138
Its a twitter page for what appears to be a union of kava bar employees in NYC. I don't know any specifics but this sure jumped out at me. If workers are subject to unfair conditions, then power to them, but my first immediate thought is "why kava bars specifically?" If there is merit to this struggle, would it not simply be an extension of a larger struggle concerning the whole NYC service industry?
Is this catching on elsewhere? My first thought would be that most kava bars are too small to warrant this level of organization. I'd hate to see the emergence of mainland American kava bars threatened by a workers union formed to combat the practices of a few bars in NYC. Furthermore, I'd hate to hear about skilled kava bar workers losing their jobs because they were convinced to join an organization that claimed to help them, only to be replaced by untrained, unaffiliated workers doing a worse job at the same rate of pay.
Again, I just post this to get the word out there and see people's thoughts. I've never worked in the industry so I have no idea what the conditions are of workers or the folks that hire them.
https://twitter.com/@UKWL138
Its a twitter page for what appears to be a union of kava bar employees in NYC. I don't know any specifics but this sure jumped out at me. If workers are subject to unfair conditions, then power to them, but my first immediate thought is "why kava bars specifically?" If there is merit to this struggle, would it not simply be an extension of a larger struggle concerning the whole NYC service industry?
Is this catching on elsewhere? My first thought would be that most kava bars are too small to warrant this level of organization. I'd hate to see the emergence of mainland American kava bars threatened by a workers union formed to combat the practices of a few bars in NYC. Furthermore, I'd hate to hear about skilled kava bar workers losing their jobs because they were convinced to join an organization that claimed to help them, only to be replaced by untrained, unaffiliated workers doing a worse job at the same rate of pay.
Again, I just post this to get the word out there and see people's thoughts. I've never worked in the industry so I have no idea what the conditions are of workers or the folks that hire them.