It's been a YEAR folks. For me, a year to the day since I went in to work a shift and found out we were closing. We had NO IDEA what was coming.

But this episode isn't about that.
Because I'm stoked to announce the launch of The Dish!!! A newsletter for workers in the service industry - brought to you by humble volunteer editors such as myself (if there's a typo, you can just assume it's my fault, that's fair).

The Dish (which you can follow on Twitter) is brought to you by the Restaurant Organizing Project. It just seemed to make sense to have a publication to act as a hub for discussions about industry organizing. Open to anyone in our industry, submission guidelines are on the website - we are eager to hear from you!

But this episode isn't about THAT either! What?
Bennett Johnson, lead bartender at Tattersall Distillery in Minneapolis wrote a piece for the inaugural issue of The Dish about the union drive that led to Tattersall becoming the first unionized craft distillery in the country (WOOT!). And he was generous enough to sit down and talk about that experience, expanding on his written piece.

If you want to read more about Tattersall, you can check out some of these links:
Jacobin Magazine:  “Bosses Can’t Be Anti-Racist, Their Job Is to Exploit People”
Workday Minnesota: "Tattersall Workers Make History With Union Vote"
Minnesota Reformer: "Is Tattersall workers’ push for a union the start of a trend at Twin Cities bars, restaurants?"