More than 30 people have lost their jobs as OCF Coffee House has announced that it is closing all 3 branches. The move comes just a week after workers at the eateries unionized, which had three locations on South Street, Fairmount Avenue and Federal Street in the Point Breeze neighborhood, announced the closure of all of its stores.
In response, the union in a statement to NBC10 accused OCF founder and president Ori Feibush of closing the shops, not due to financial issues -- as the coffee house claimed -- but instead in retaliation to the workers' decision to unionize.“OCF workers took a courageous stand against a bully boss and slumlord to say that enough is enough and they demand better working conditions," the union's statement read.