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To: Starbucks
Starbucks: Let Workers Show Their Pride!
Workers are reporting that Starbucks has refused to let dozens of stores across the country decorate for Pride Month. Videos have even surfaced of managers ripping down rainbow flags in cafes.
Tell Starbucks to respect their LGBTQ+ workers and customers by allowing us to celebrate Pride.
Why is this important?
Starbucks workers will not be silenced. Just this weekend, Starbucks Workers United striked over Starbucks’ hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers and their illegal union-busting campaign. 21 stores temporarily closed, including the flagship Reserve Roastery in Seattle.
This is historic – there has never been a strike on queer and trans workers rights.
Starbucks has built its business on claims of being a progressive company. Yet all too often, its actions don't live up to these proclaimed values. Reports and videos of managers refusing to allow rainbow flags are not the first attacks on the queer workers and customers who help drive their stories.
Let's hold Starbucks accountable and make it clear that we're not buying their empty claims to be a good company.