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Employees at the Ann Arbor location of Moka & Co<\/a>\u00a0made progress regarding the distribution of lost tips and future pay transparency in a bargaining meeting with management Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nMoka & Co is a Yemeni coffee chain with locations across Michigan. Workers at the shop went on strike last Tuesday, claiming<\/a> that managing partner Ahmed Alrayashi failed to distribute<\/a> $1,638.86 in tips between November 2025 and February 2026. Employees also took issue with payments they said often came late and were delivered through informal methods such as Zelle and physical checks. Employees returned to work the next day after the strike because management agreed to meet and address their concerns.<\/p>\nWhile Alrayashi initially claimed in a statement to The Michigan Daily that all tips between November and February were properly distributed to employees, the workers say Alrayashi has partially distributed the missing tips since the strike. When Moka & Co employees attempted to view the store\u2019s register to fact-check Alrayashi\u2019s claims after the strike, they were told they could not go into the back of the store after work hours.\u00a0<\/p>\nIn an interview with The Daily, LSA junior Emma Sital, a Moka & Co worker and strike organizer, said she found herself locked out of the system when she was finally able to access the register.<\/p>\n
Moka & Co is a Yemeni coffee chain with locations across Michigan. Workers at the shop went on strike last Tuesday, claiming<\/a> that managing partner Ahmed Alrayashi failed to distribute<\/a> $1,638.86 in tips between November 2025 and February 2026. Employees also took issue with payments they said often came late and were delivered through informal methods such as Zelle and physical checks. Employees returned to work the next day after the strike because management agreed to meet and address their concerns.<\/p>\nWhile Alrayashi initially claimed in a statement to The Michigan Daily that all tips between November and February were properly distributed to employees, the workers say Alrayashi has partially distributed the missing tips since the strike. When Moka & Co employees attempted to view the store\u2019s register to fact-check Alrayashi\u2019s claims after the strike, they were told they could not go into the back of the store after work hours.\u00a0<\/p>\nIn an interview with The Daily, LSA junior Emma Sital, a Moka & Co worker and strike organizer, said she found herself locked out of the system when she was finally able to access the register.<\/p>\n
While Alrayashi initially claimed in a statement to The Michigan Daily that all tips between November and February were properly distributed to employees, the workers say Alrayashi has partially distributed the missing tips since the strike. When Moka & Co employees attempted to view the store\u2019s register to fact-check Alrayashi\u2019s claims after the strike, they were told they could not go into the back of the store after work hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Daily, LSA junior Emma Sital, a Moka & Co worker and strike organizer, said she found herself locked out of the system when she was finally able to access the register.<\/p>\n