Alex Pyne, President of the Blue Bottle Independent Union

Coffee People Podcast · Feb 25, 2026 · 37m · transcript

Alex Pyne is a barista at Blue Bottle Coffee and the President of the Blue Bottle Independent Union (BBIU). We chat about how he came to be an organizer, the steps taken to become a union, why he and his colleagues have pursued this route, and whether or not he thinks a first contract will be agreed upon.

The full episode dropped February 25, 2026.

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