Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee

{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) is a joint project between the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE).{{Cite web |title=Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee |url=https://workerorganizing.org/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=EWOC |language=en-US}}

EWOC began in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-05 |title=With a Little Help from My Friends: How Taco Bell Workers and Many More Are Self-Organizing in the Pandemic |url=https://labornotes.org/blogs/2020/06/little-help-my-friends-how-taco-bell-workers-and-many-more-are-self-organizing |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Labor Notes |language=en}} At the beginning of EWOC's inception, the organization assisted workers organizing around COVID-19 workplace protections, including vaccine access and masking.{{Cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Emily |date=March 8, 2021 |title=Texas service workers demand vaccine access, protest end to mask order |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-service-workers-demand-vaccine-access-protest-end/story?id=76320406 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=ABC News |language=en}} Since then, EWOC has continued to grow. As of June 2023, EWOC was actively involved in 186 campaigns.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-04 |title=Democratic Socialists Are Fueling a Hot Labor Summer |url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/democratic-socialists-labor-organizing-teamsters-strike-unionizing-dsa |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=In These Times |language=en}}

EWOC volunteers have assisted workers at various workplaces across the country, including Barboncino, a Crown Heights pizzeria.{{Cite web |title=Barboncino Workers Are Forming New York City's First Unionized Stand-Alone Pizzeria |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/05/barboncino-restaurant-union-workers-united-bwu-ewoc |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}} In July 2023, workers at Barboncino successfully voted to unionize with Workers United, becoming the first unionized pizzeria in New York City.{{Cite news |last=Morales |first=Christina |date=2023-07-26 |title=Barboncino, a Brooklyn Pizza Restaurant, Becomes a Union Shop |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/dining/barboncino-brooklyn-pizza-union.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} EWOC has assisted organize workers in industries that have been neglected by the labor movement, including board game cafe workers in Chicago{{Cite web |title=Checkmate! Board Game Cafe Workers at Hex Flex and Win Union Recognition Vote |url=https://indypendent.org/2023/11/checkmate-board-game-cafe-workers-at-hex-flex-and-win-union-recognition-vote/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |language=en-US}} and Chipotle employees in Kansas.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-21 |title=Kansas Chipotle Workers Latest to Launch Union Drive |url=https://labornotes.org/blogs/2022/10/kansas-chipotle-workers-latest-launch-union-drive |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Labor Notes |language=en}}