{"id":23851,"date":"2019-08-14T08:35:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/?p=23851"},"modified":"2019-08-21T10:03:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:03:37","slug":"update-spotted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/","title":{"rendered":"Update SPoTted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo by Clay Banks<\/em><\/p>\n

[B]ack in early July, SPoT Coffee in Buffalo, New York, came under scrutiny after two former employees and a manager alleged that they were fired from the chain as part of union-busting efforts by ownership. Workers organized multiple protests of the chain in response. Now, roughly a month later, employees are one step closer to unionizing. A majority of employees at four SPoT Coffee locations (Hertel Ave., Delaware Ave., Elmwood Ave., and Williamsville) signed union cards and petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to conduct an election. Workers will then decide on whether or not to unionize.<\/p>\n

The NLRB has yet to announce the time and date of the vote. If a majority of workers vote \u201cyes,\u201d the union will be certified by the federal government, allowing negotiations regarding wages, benefits, polities, and other issues between baristas and SPoT Coffee to commence. SPoT Coffee is still under investigation by the NLRB for possible wrongful termination and union busting for the three fired employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cSPoT is currently reviewing the election petition,\u201d SPoT president and CEO Anton Ayoub told The Buffalo News<\/a><\/em>. \u201cWe continue to recognize and support our employees\u2019 right to decide whether they wish to be union represented.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roughly one month later, SPoT Coffee employees are one step closer to unionizing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1126,"featured_media":23852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"beyondwords_generate_audio":"","beyondwords_project_id":"","beyondwords_content_id":"","beyondwords_player_style":"","beyondwords_language_id":"","beyondwords_title_voice_id":"","beyondwords_body_voice_id":"","beyondwords_summary_voice_id":"","beyondwords_error_message":"","beyondwords_disabled":"","beyondwords_podcast_id":"","beyondwords_hash":"","publish_post_to_speechkit":"","speechkit_hash":"","speechkit_generate_audio":"","speechkit_project_id":"","speechkit_podcast_id":"","speechkit_error_message":"","speechkit_disabled":"","speechkit_access_key":"","speechkit_error":"","speechkit_info":"","speechkit_response":"","speechkit_retries":"","speechkit_updated_at":"","_speechkit_link":"","_speechkit_text":""},"categories":[26,24],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUpdate SPoTted - Fresh Cup Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Roughly one month later, SPoT Coffee employees are one step closer to unionizing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update SPoTted - Fresh Cup Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roughly one month later, SPoT Coffee employees are one step closer to unionizing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fresh Cup Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FreshCupMagazine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-14T15:35:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-08-21T17:03:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/clay-banks_SpotUnion_1015x575.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1015\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"575\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fresh Cup Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@FreshCupMag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@FreshCupMag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fresh Cup Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/\",\"name\":\"Update SPoTted - Fresh Cup Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-14T15:35:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-08-21T17:03:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/772b1793571cb03d918f08c866f96dc7\"},\"description\":\"Roughly one month later, SPoT Coffee employees are one step closer to unionizing.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Retail and Commerce\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/category\/retail-commerce\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Barista\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/category\/retail-commerce\/barista\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Update SPoTted\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/\",\"name\":\"Fresh Cup Magazine\",\"description\":\"Coffee Industry Stories and Insights\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/772b1793571cb03d918f08c866f96dc7\",\"name\":\"Fresh Cup Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cee50f4026816a1f8703d06183cde7e2?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fp194.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com%2Fitems%2FNQu4LeXQ%2Fd67247f7-9611-4038-b16a-7478cd067ca3.jpg%3Fv%3Dfdbe2c631762f9448134eee172d9efb5&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cee50f4026816a1f8703d06183cde7e2?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fp194.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com%2Fitems%2FNQu4LeXQ%2Fd67247f7-9611-4038-b16a-7478cd067ca3.jpg%3Fv%3Dfdbe2c631762f9448134eee172d9efb5&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fresh Cup Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/author\/fresh-cup-staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Update SPoTted - Fresh Cup Magazine","description":"Roughly one month later, SPoT Coffee employees are one step closer to unionizing.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Update SPoTted - Fresh Cup Magazine","og_description":"Roughly one month later, SPoT Coffee employees are one step closer to unionizing.","og_url":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/","og_site_name":"Fresh Cup Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FreshCupMagazine\/","article_published_time":"2019-08-14T15:35:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-08-21T17:03:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1015,"height":575,"url":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/clay-banks_SpotUnion_1015x575.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Fresh Cup Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@FreshCupMag","twitter_site":"@FreshCupMag","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fresh Cup Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/","url":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/","name":"Update SPoTted - Fresh Cup Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-08-14T15:35:18+00:00","dateModified":"2019-08-21T17:03:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/772b1793571cb03d918f08c866f96dc7"},"description":"Roughly one month later, SPoT Coffee employees are one step closer to unionizing.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/update-spotted\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Retail and Commerce","item":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/category\/retail-commerce\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Barista","item":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/category\/retail-commerce\/barista\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Update SPoTted"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/","name":"Fresh Cup Magazine","description":"Coffee Industry Stories and Insights","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/772b1793571cb03d918f08c866f96dc7","name":"Fresh Cup Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cee50f4026816a1f8703d06183cde7e2?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fp194.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com%2Fitems%2FNQu4LeXQ%2Fd67247f7-9611-4038-b16a-7478cd067ca3.jpg%3Fv%3Dfdbe2c631762f9448134eee172d9efb5&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cee50f4026816a1f8703d06183cde7e2?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fp194.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com%2Fitems%2FNQu4LeXQ%2Fd67247f7-9611-4038-b16a-7478cd067ca3.jpg%3Fv%3Dfdbe2c631762f9448134eee172d9efb5&r=g","caption":"Fresh Cup Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/author\/fresh-cup-staff\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/clay-banks_SpotUnion_1015x575.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf7LWY-6cH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}