Starbucks Is Banning Pride Decorations, Workers Union Alleges (unconfirmed) [View all]
I'll wait for confirmation before getting angry.
Starbucks Is Banning Pride Decorations, Workers Union Alleges
https://newrepublic.com/post/173589/starbucks-take-down-pride-decorations-disgusting-cave-far-right
A New York City Starbucks coffee shop displaying Pride colors in 2020
Starbucks has banned Pride decorations in its stores halfway through Pride Month, the companys workers union claimed Tuesday, in a stunning cave to far-right anti-LGBTQ fury.
There has been a wave of ultra-conservative pushback against companies that express support for equal rights. It started when Bud Light did a campaign with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in March, but things really kicked off when Target displayed its Pride swimwear collection. Target said it would pull back its Pride merchandise in response to the outcry. Starbucks is the latest to fall.
For the last two weeks, Starbucks workers have taken to social media to report that the company is no longer allowing Pride decorations in-store, the Starbucks workers union tweeted.
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Starbucks in NYC caving to the RW seems implausible, but the story is a data point.
We'll see.