Brewing Market Coffee employees join barista-unionization push

BOULDER — Workers at Brewing Market Coffee, a coffee seller and coffee shop operator with locations in Boulder, Longmont and Lafayette, have taken a key early step toward unionization.

The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco, and Grain Millers Union (BCTGM) Local 26 told BizWest that 74% of the company’s employees have signed union authorization cards, a move that precedes an official unionization vote, which has not yet been scheduled.

The Brewing Market workers have requested that company management voluntarily recognize their organizing effort and have yet to receive a response, the union said.

The company did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday.

Brewing Market workers,…