Fired By Starbucks, Union Organizer Wears Fursuit to Rallies

Fired By Starbucks, Union Organizer Wears Fursuit to Rallies

By VICE

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!”


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.


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. 


Apollo joined us on today’s episode of Cyber to answer your burning questions about Unions and Starbucks.




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