Workers at Colorado-based Movement climbing gyms file unfair labor practice charges ...Middle East

The charges allege Movement CEO Anne-Worley Moelter engaged in unfair labor practices after a group of employees from climbing gyms across the country flew to Colorado to meet with her to discuss their stalled union contract negotiations, according to a news release issued by Climbing Workers United.

Since 2021, workers at Movement gyms — the largest climbing gym operator in North America — have begun unionizing and fighting for higher wages, benefits and for the company to address staffing and safety concerns, the union said. However, the company has not agreed to a first contract with any of the workers, the union said.

A representative with Movement gyms did not respond to a request for comment Friday.

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In October, a group of Movement employees nationwide gathered in Boulder to meet with the CEO. According to the union, employers were told they could not bring their union representation into the meeting and had to stash their phones outside the room. The unfair labor practice charge said this behavior conveyed to the union members that “their choice of union representation was disfavored and would result in less favorable treatment.”

If Movement is found to have violated federal labor law, the NLRB could require remedies such as cease-and-desist requirements or other steps to restore workers’ rights, the union said.

Dana Lavin, a 28-year-old instructor and front desk supervisor at a Movement gym in Philadelphia, was among the union employees who flew to Colorado for a meeting with the CEO at the gym’s Boulder location.

Lavin said she loves her job and the community it’s created. To make the job more sustainable, she said leadership should better train employees in first aid and emergency procedures and pay higher wages so workers don’t need to stretch themselves thin at multiple jobs to make ends meet. At Lavin’s gym, she said employees start at $13.50 an hour.

Lavin and her peers are asking Worley Moelter to come to the bargaining table and for the company to get serious about contract negotiations.

“If we didn’t love our gyms and love what we offer to people, we wouldn’t go through all this,” Lavin said.

Workers have accused the gym of touting progressive, inclusive values while engaging in union-busting activities behind closed doors, the news release said.

“Rock climbing gyms have evolved from niche community spots into one of the country’s fastest-growing fitness industries, fueled by private equity investment and a surge of new climbers,” the union’s news release read. “As the sector expands, workers say they’re confronting the same economic pressures seen in other booming service industries where employees are unionizing for fair wages, safety and a real seat at the table.”

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