"During a pre-shift meeting last week, employees say management repeated anti-union talking points and told the workers they should file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. Unite Here Local 25 says the company has hired the same lawyer who is representing Stephen Starr and his restaurant group. In response, workers and their supporters picketed outside the Duck and the Peach over the weekend."
"Eastern Point Collective founder Hollis Silverman did not respond to multiple requests for comment. But someone involved in DC's restaurant scene for decades-who "has observed Hollis's leadership" and spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear for retribution from the union-says Silverman has been a champion for workers throughout the industry. "The restaurant industry is tough any day, but particularly in this economy. And even still, Hollis is doing more than anyone to support her people," the restaurant veteran says. "If the unions take down someone like Hollis Silverman, they're stopping progress for workers at hundreds and hundreds of small family-owned restaurants across the country.""
About 70 percent of staff at Duck & the Peach, La Collina, and the Wells signed a petition asking Eastern Point Collective management to agree to a fair process for deciding on unionizing, according to Unite Here Local 25. Employees report that management repeated anti-union talking points during a pre-shift meeting and advised workers to file for a National Labor Relations Board election. Unite Here Local 25 says the company hired the same lawyer representing Stephen Starr. Workers and supporters picketed outside the Duck and the Peach. Hollis Silverman did not respond to requests for comment, while a longtime restaurant figure praised Silverman as a workers' champion and warned that union actions could impede progress for small family-owned restaurants. Unite Here also spotlighted the Duck & the Peach as a Democratic fundraising location and called for boycotts of Starr restaurants amid an ongoing union dispute.
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