Shares of Starbucks tumbled on Friday as a union representing the coffee chain’s baristas said on Friday that over 3,500 workers at over 150 locations would walk off the job next week to protest claims that the company banned some LGBT-themed decorations at some of its cafes.
The Starbucks Workers United union said in a statement on social media that next week’s strike has been called due to Starbucks’ “hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers.”
The union claims that managers at dozens of Starbucks locations had prevented employees from putting up LGBT-themed flags and decorations, or had removed them, after some staff had pushed for them to be displayed during Pride Month….