Starbucks employees’ ultimatum: We won’t work if there are police present

Starbucks employees’ ultimatum: We won’t work if there are police present

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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.”

Starbucks employees’ ultimatum: We won’t work if there are police present

Apr 27, 2021, 6:48pm UTC
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.”