A Starbucks union organizer in Buffalo says that he was fired by the company for refusing to remove a suicide awareness pin depicting interlocked fingers with the text “You are not alone.”
The company said that he was being fired for “refusal to abide by the dress-code policy” and attendance issues. Westlake says that he has been sent home dozens of times by management after refusing to remove the pin depicting interlocked fingers with the text “You are not alone” and a URL for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention .
barring such pins. But although other coworkers stopped wearing their pins, Westlake continued to wear his.the company’s alleged actions surrounding his coworker’s death, demonstrating, if true, the cruelty with which the company treats its employees.
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