Starbucks Workers United tweeted a GoFundMe for Alexis Rizzo Saturday.
Starbucks Workers United tweeted a GoFundMe for Alexis Rizzo Saturday.
  • Starbucks fired Alexis Rizzo, who served as a shift supervisor for seven years, on Friday.
  • Rizzo sparked a nationwide labor movement by working to unionize two Starbucks stores in New York. 
  • "That is beyond unacceptable. Ms. Rizzo must be reinstated," Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted. 

Starbucks has fired the worker who ignited a campaign at the coffee chain that led nearly 300 locations across the country to unionize.