On Thursday, January 18, workers at the artisanal bread maker She Wolf Bakery in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. They are seeking to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). If the workers win a union, the bargaining unit would cover twenty-three employees at the bakery.

She Wolf Bakery is owned by the Marlow Collective, a company that owns a number of restaurants and food and beverage brands in Brooklyn; She Wolf is the first shop under the Marlow umbrella to publicly try to unionize. The organizing effort comes as a growing number of food workers across the country seek to form unions, notably including at Starbucks nationwide, and following a recent union victory by Workers United at Brooklyn pizzeria Barboncino. This week, Jacobin contributor Sara Wexler spoke with three She Wolf workers to discuss their organizing drive and what they hope to accomplish with a union.