Partners Coffee
Specialty roaster & café · 5+ locations · NYC
Partners Coffee looks like your classic indie Brooklyn roaster: four cafés, same two owners since 2012. But its workers unionized in 2024, two years on there's no contract, and the union has accused it of refusing to bargain.
The Big Picture
Partners Coffee is owned by the same two people who opened it in 2012 — no outside capital, a rebrand in 2019 that traded a licensed Australian name for their own, and a real roasting operation behind it. The worker story has hardened from a review pattern into a record: workers unionized 15–8 in April 2024, two years have passed without a first contract, and in May 2026 the union filed an NLRB charge alleging refusal to bargain — pending, unproven, and worth watching. Independent and self-made, with a labor dispute now on the federal docket.
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Company data last updated August 2026
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