OCF Coffee Houses shutter week after workers vote to unionize

OCF Coffee Houses have closed down three Philadelphia locations about one week after workers voted to unionize. OCF wrote a post on Instagram blaming high costs, especially after the vote to unionize. Seems like OCF, who is clearly running a small business amid times where things are very expensive, was not going to be bullied by workers who pushed those limits even further. NBC News Philadelphia reported:

In the post, OCF Coffee House -- which is owned by OCF Realty -- said rising operational costs, reduced sales and "the expiration of a couple of our leases this summer have made if difficult to continue operating the coffee shops."

This move comes just about a week after OCF Coffee House workers voted to join the Workers United, Local 80 union.

In a statement on the closures, the coffee house said that the "staff’s desire to organize has regrettably moved us beyond any cost that we could sustain."