LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WOIO) - Workers at Rising Star Coffee Shop say they are making sure they are ready to reopen their doors after a month, but without some former employees.

“Hire back your workers,” former employee Caleb Reese demands.

Reese, Clay Reid, and Katelyn Bishop, said the business claims they were let go after an internal harassment investigation.

However, the trio said that it’s not true!

Here is why they believe they were fired...

They, along with other workers, were trying to create a union after concerns of potential carbon monoxide exposure.

They told 19 News when their requests were not met, they organized a “sit-in” back in August.

What was meant to be peaceful was not when the cops were called.

19 News tried to talk to an employee on camera to find out if they could

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