Longtime Starbucks employee union organizer fired

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Another controversy is brewing between Starbucks Workers United and the coffee giant. A longtime employee and union organizer says she was unfairly fired. Alexis Rizzo worked at the Starbucks on Genesee Street across from the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport for seven years. She was also a key player in sparking the Starbucks labor movement. But, as of Friday, she’s out of a job. Rizzo told us a manager sat her down and fired her for tardiness. The longtime barista and supervisor said most instances she was late was only by a few minutes. “It was only a…