The Coffee Station in Aloha fired a man 2 WEEKS before his baby was due after his pregnant wife nearly worked herself into the ER for them
I’m going to be blunt because this situation is genuinely messed up.
A coffee shop in Aloha, Oregon
—The Coffee Station—
has already been reported for tip theft and retaliation. Complaints have been filed with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Now there’s more.
One of the employees is pregnant and due in two weeks.
She wasn’t just a regular employee. she was basically holding that place together. She trained staff, wrote their recipes, created a training manual the owner still uses, covered shifts constantly (even while pregnant), and would come in on her days off whenever something went wrong.
She raised health and safety issues that only got fixed when inspections were coming up.
She worked herself so hard that she literally blacked out while training someone and ended up in the ER.
She had to go on medical leave.
So what did management do?
They asked her husband to quit his job and take over her shifts.
He did. He stepped in. Customers liked him. He was doing exactly what they asked.
Then right before a staff meeting, the owner calls him and fires him. No warning. No reason. Just gone.
Two weeks before their baby is due.
Now they’re being forced to break their lease, move into one room with family, and get rid of their belongings because they can’t afford to stay.
Let that sink in.
This is also the same place where:
Employee tips were taken
A 16-year-old had tips withheld with no pay breakdown
Someone who spoke up got retaliated against and fired
At this point, it’s not “mismanagement.” It’s a pattern.
People can argue about business decisions all they want, but firing someone with zero explanation after asking them to leave their previous job, right before their child is born, is beyond unethical.
If you’re local to Aloha, you deserve to know where your money is going.
Because behind the counter, this is what’s happening to the people making your coffee.