Meet the Furry Organizer Unionizing Starbucks
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgmwd3/meet-the-furry-organizer-unionizing-starbucks
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.