Unionizing NYC’s Board Game Cafés

Unionizing NYC’s Board Game Cafés

Following the lead of Starbucks workers, employees at board game cafés across New York City unionized in 2023 as Tabletop Workers United. After impressive shows of customer support and a credible strike threat, TWU has just won its first tentative agreement. A dungeon master and teen patron play a game of Dungeons & Dragons at a game café on November 26, 2019, in New York. (Steve Pfost / Newsday RM via Getty Images) For good or for ill, there i…