STRIKE WITH PRIDE! Seattle Roastery leads nationwide Starbucks strike over Starbucks’ hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers. Over 150+ stores and 3,500 workers will be on strike over the course of the next week.
— Starbucks Workers United (@SBWorkersUnited) June 23, 2023
Strike letter from Starbucks’ flagship Seattle Roastery, kicking off a nationwide Starbucks strike at 150+ stores👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/WfH4yU9uIc
— Starbucks Workers United (@SBWorkersUnited) June 23, 2023
This is a pretty big anal backlash.
Begun, the Anal Wars have.
More than 150 Starbucks stores and 3,500 workers will be on strike next week across the United States, the union representing the coffee chain’s baristas said on Friday, after it claimed the company had banned Pride Month decorations at its cafes.
Starbucks Workers United union said earlier this month the company took down Pride Month decorations and flags at several stores, while some workers took to social media to report the same.
Starbucks on Friday denied the claims as “false information”. It said last week there had been “no change to any policy on this matter” and that it was still encouraging store managers to celebrate Pride Month as long as store safety guidelines were followed.
Well. They’re not doing this anymore:
So something changed.
Starbucks is a Jew company that used to go very hard on anal.
Several major U.S. retail brands have faced backlash from conservatives over displays of LGBTQ+ merchandise, and following that, criticism from gay rights groups for insufficient support for the community after the companies relented under pressure from conservatives.
U.S. retailer Target has moved displays of, or even pulled some Pride merchandise off shelves, and Anheuser-Busch InBev’s sales of its Bud Light beer have fallen in recent weeks over efforts to market to the transgender community.
There are fewer gays than straights. By a lot.
That said, I think Starbucks made a point of hiring gays.
So they put themselves in a position, for sure.