Despite these legal protections, Minnesota is no workers' paradise. At a prominent restaurant, the owner recently pressured his workers to accept tip pooling by threatening to shift to a "service compris" menu where all gratuities would be included in the price of the meals. When workers objected, the owner became abusive. Within two weeks, over 70% of the workers had signed union cards. But the owner hired an anti-union legal consultant who pressured the workers one at a time. Some were offered perks; others were threatened. By the time the NLRB held the union election, a slim majority voted "no union." The HERE Local filed "unfair labor practices" claims against the owner and the NLRB ordered a new election. But by then, many of the union supporters had become disgusted or depressed and quit. But the union and its supporters continue to picket the restaurant, often with creativity (the National Writers Union Local recently held a "poetry picketline"), damaging the restaurant's reputation and business.