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[Wiscodoug]

Good Morning fellow D.U.ers
This is my first post so I feel I should quickly introduce myself and thank the administrators for the work they are doing.
My name is Doug and I have lived and worked as a baker and a musician in south east Wisconsin for all of my 54 years. The last seven years as the cake mixer for Troubadour Bakery which is owned and operated by Colectivo Coffee roaster.
Over the last two years, we have been trying to form a union. The company was not happy and spent big bucks on union avoidance advisors as well as captive audience meetings. We earned the right to vote, voted for unionization in the spring of 21. On March 25th, 2022 the company exhausted their last appeal to the NLRB. We will begin negotiations on our first contract in the coming months.
The last union bakery closed in the mid 90s. I have spent my life as a baker and have prayed to work for a union shop. Today Colectivo is the largest unionized coffee roaster in the United States.
I can not state this more clearly, it is possible to form a union. We just did it, you can too. Persevere.
IBEW Local 494 member Doug offers peace to all.