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Jay Boller

Jay Boller

Jay Boller is a freelance writer based in Minneapolis. Previously he was the web editor for City Pages. His byline has appeared in the Star Tribune, the A.V. Club and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal.

Spyhouse workers narrowly vote against unionization; company rewards them with hazard pay

By: - November 18, 2020

Spyhouse Coffee Co., the upscale Twin Cities chain with six locations, won’t become a union shop. An organized labor push that began in August fizzled out on Monday when 14 of 25 workers voted against unionization. “Sadly, it appears management’s deceptive union-busting rhetoric proved more effective than we had anticipated,” Spyhouse barista Matt Marciniec said. […]