Starbucks employees’ ultimatum: We won’t work if there are police present
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/04/27/starbucks-employees-ultimatum-we-wont-work-if-there-are-police-present/
Employees at a Minnesota Starbucks refused to open the store if a police officer was directing traffic in the parking lot, so the company shut down the busy drive-through window.
“We basically gave an ultimatum to our district manager and our regional vice president,” said a Starbucks employee, who asked not to be identified because workers have been instructed to direct media inquiries to a corporate office. “After the murder of George Floyd, we decided we needed immediate divestment from the St. Paul Police Department.”