{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6dab3ca4-41f5-4fd4-bba6-224ab53f5113/6283f2d83dd3f80014d295f1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fired By Starbucks, Union Organizer Wears Fursuit to Rallies","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b79eac169562946fe952a8/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The image is now iconic. An arctic wolf fursona in a Starbucks smock. Stance set wide. A sign in his hand held high that reads “UNION YES!”</p><p><br></p><p>This was Michael Vestigo dressed in his Fursona as Apollo, a former Starbucks employee in Overland Park, Kansas. Why former? The company fired him for “displaying violent and threatening behavior” after he participated in a walkout of his location as part of a unionization effort.</p><p><br></p><p>Vestigo is fighting to get his job back and he’s not the only person Starbucks has retaliated against for trying to form a union. As Apollo, he’s become a symbol of a movement that’s sweeping the country.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Apollo joined us on today’s episode of Cyber to answer your burning questions about Unions and Starbucks.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"VICE"}