{"id":24467,"date":"2019-10-09T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/?p=24467"},"modified":"2019-11-13T09:24:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:24:28","slug":"seattle-baristas-organize-protest-of-caffe-vita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/seattle-baristas-organize-protest-of-caffe-vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Baristas Organize Protest of Caffe Vita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[O]n Wednesday, October 2, a group of Seattle baristas organized a walkout and protest at Caffe Vita\u2019s Capitol Hill location in response to a flurry of firings and resignations over the \u201csudden harsh enforcement of a company policy\u201d in regard to giving homeless people old pastries and coffee.<\/p>\n<p>The group, which has now organized as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/coffeeriotseattle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coffee Riot<\/a>, cites an email from Caffe Vita upper management that went out on September 6, stating, \u201cfeeding homeless people without comprehensive services actually enables, increases and promotes homelessness,\u201d and that \u201cgiving away products is theft and the grounds for immediate employment termination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestranger.com\/slog\/2019\/10\/02\/41564050\/caffe-vita-employees-say-theyre-getting-fired-for-feeding-old-pastries-to-homeless-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">former manager<\/a>, however, the company never required baristas to track the amount of remaining drip coffee or pastries that were destined to be thrown away, and this practice had been going on for more than 10 years without cause for concern. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestranger.com\/slog\/2019\/10\/07\/41613917\/caffe-vita-owners-say-theyll-do-better-baristas-want-to-know-what-that-means\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Stranger<\/em> reported<\/a> this week that Caffe Vita co-owner Liz McConnell admitted that the employee handbook \u201cdid not list protocols for waste coffee or pastry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In light of the protest and conversation surrounding the September email, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3KmUR3hta3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caffe Vita posted a statement<\/a> on Instagram apologizing for its language about enabling homelessness, and are \u201cassessing [its] policies and communications to ensure they reflect [the] company\u2019s values and [its] community\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Coffee Riot took to their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3VrYOkBION\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> to respond to Caffe Vita, saying, \u201cWhile the work you have done for the community is immensely appreciated, we believe there is a call for action in the current situation with your current and former employees. We are willing to facilitate a dialogue regarding a proper and holistic response to the needs of the community\u2026.We would like to see more concrete language regarding company policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coffee Riot also calls to attention that \u201cwhat is currently happening at Caffe Vita is not an isolated incident\u2014this issue is industry-wide across the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, October 2, a group of Seattle baristas organized a walkout and protest at Caffe Vita\u2019s Capitol Hill location in response to a flurry of firings and resignations over the \u201csudden harsh enforcement of a company policy\u201d in regard to giving homeless people old pastries and coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1126,"featured_media":24469,"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":[25,24],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - 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