Commentary Last week Starbucks announced the closing of sixteen stores which it determined to be “unsafe to continue to operate.” Twelve of the sixteen stores are in Seattle and Los Angeles, two of the most progressive cities in America. The other closures were also in progressive cities: Portland, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. There were no…
Howard Schultz Should Sue George Soros for Destroying Starbucks
Commentary I am one of those who doesn’t love Starbucks. I patronized them only when something I liked better, usually local, wasn’t available. Still, they were and maybe still are, an American, and an international, phenomenon. Founder and CEO Howard Schultz figured out how to take the Greenwich Village coffeehouse of yore, clean it up,…
Starbucks CEO Admits Stores No Longer Safe in Major US Cities
The head of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, admitted that the chain’s stores are no longer safe in a number of major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Portland, Philadelphia, and Washington. American cities “have abdicated their responsibility in fighting crime,” Schultz said in a video published this week. “I must say, in my view at the local, state…
Starbucks to Close 6 Stores in Los Angeles Area Amid Safety Concerns
LOS ANGELES—Starbucks announced this week that the company will permanently close 16 stores across the country, including six locations in the Los Angeles area, due to a high number of dangerous incidents such as theft and assault. The decision was made after the employees from these locations were “challenged in their ability to provide [a] safe…
Capitol Report (July 12): Lowering Food Prices, Protecting Farmland; US Kills High-Level ISIS Commander
July 12, 2022
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President Joe Biden is heading to the Middle East Tuesday night. The White House says he wants to help bring Israel and Saudi Arabia closer together. House Republicans are calling for legislation to boost legal farmworker immigration, saying it’ll lower food prices. How much will it help, and what do lawmakers tell us about efforts…
Starbucks Closing 16 Stores Nationwide Due to Employee-Safety Concerns
Starbucks Corp. announced on Monday that more than a dozen stores will be closed across the nation over employee-safety concerns related to drug use, theft, and assault. Coffeehouses that will be permanently closed include five stores in Seattle, Washington, that have reported high rates of crime, a spokesperson for the coffee giant told The Seattle Times,…
Starbucks May End Open-to-All Bathroom Policy Due to Safety Concerns, CEO says
Starbucks is reconsidering its open-to-all bathroom policy because worsening mental health problems among the public are posing a threat to employees and customers. Howard Schultz, the CEO of the coffee shop chain, indicated during a New York Times DealBook forum on Thursday that the company may once again reserve the bathrooms for paying customers. “We…
New Orleans Starbucks Store 1st in Louisiana to Vote Union
NEW ORLEANS—Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans voted to form a union, becoming the first of the coffee giant’s locations in Louisiana to unionize. Ballots were cast Friday and Saturday 11–1 in favor of joining Workers United, which represents the unionized Starbucks stores, WWNO-FM reported. Two ballots were challenged, the station said. The…
Nevada State Trooper Sues Starbucks Alleging He Was Served Meth-Laced Coffee
A Nevada state trooper is suing Seattle-based Starbucks for allegedly serving him iced coffee laced with methamphetamine at a Las Vegas drive-thru in September 2020. Trooper Steven Darnell was in full Nevada State Highway Patrol uniform when the incident allegedly occurred on Sept. 11, at the Starbucks drive-thru where he regularly goes for coffee. Darnell…
Workers Vote to Become First Unionized Starbucks in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Starbucks has until later this week to file any objections with the National Labor Relations Board after workers at a shop in Birmingham became the first of the company’s locations in Alabama to vote to organize. Baristas and other employees at a downtown store voted 27–1 to organize in a tally announced Thursday, news…
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