Workers at over 150 US Starbucks stores to strike over Pride decorations
Workers at over 150 US Starbucks stores to strike over Pride decorations
More than 3,500 employees to take part in nationwide strike, led by company’s Seattle Roastery
More than 3,500 employees to take part in nationwide strike, led by company’s Seattle Roastery
Originally I understood they'd strike because of the stores adding Pride decorations, but nope, the store admins are banning Pride decorations
Thank you for adding it. Big difference.
Wow that is a poorly titled article....
like Target, corporate simple doesn't want to deal with the possible lost business of nutbags boycotting starbucks over a few pride flags in the store.
or maybe the drama of said nutbags coming into store and assaulting employees over it.
like Target, corporate simple doesn't want to deal with the possible lost business of nutbags boycotting starbucks over a few pride flags in the store.
Seems like a bad move considering bud light probably lost more business acquiescing to the angry homophobic mob than they did from the original boycott.
Target and Starbucks are (understandably, IMO) bowing to violent threats against their employees and customers. There's not enough nuts out there to make a boycott actually impact their profit margin, and if there was it would be obvious to the other side that would probably more than offset any effort. Rainbow Capitalism wouldn't exist if that wasn't the case.
But there are enough nuts out there to make good on their threats of violence. We've already seen those threats carried out many times, so it's not just some hypothetical possibility.
I 100% consider myself an ally of the lgbtq+ community.
Its just not worth putting a target on your employees back these days. Lunatics coming in, harassing and assaulting minimum age workers because of colors on the wall.
Employees think they want it.. but they aren't prepared for the backlash that would ensue (nor should they, they're baristas for fuck sake).
That makes a huge difference
Same here, I was really confused for a second :D
That's what I understood from the title, although it seemed odd that so many Starbucks employees of all people would strike for a conservative cause, especially from some store from Seattle.
I guess good on the workers? At this point it's just symbolic - the decorations don't really matter, but banning them by admins seems like an act of betrayal and kowtowing to the conservative crybullies. I wish the strike was about something more substantive, like wages, since the decorations were just a part of "rainbow capitalism", but banning them is something that probably demands a response, especially in this political climate.
This is why you don't give in to boycotts - they'll just keep pushing if you do.
If Walmart and Target and Starbucks and Budweiser and every other targeted brand just shrugged their shoulders and carried on Pride'ing, eventually conservatives would be left with nowhere left to shop at and would lose their enthusiasm for continued boycotting.
Give an inch, they'll take a mile. These crazies will just find a new thing to demand. Probably selling contraceptives, or crayons with all the colors of the rainbow.
For real! They’re coming for our kids!! Trying to teach them sexual health, and idk about you but nothing with the word “sex” in it is appropriate for my child! Oh the humanity, why can’t we go back to the good ole days when Catholic priests were given free reign to abuse children
The brands don’t care about the issues, conservative boycotts are the goal.
It’s free advertising.
You really think a majority of Americans are on board with this pride stuff?
Yes.
According to the representative sample size divided roughly equally between Republicans, Democrats and independents, only 13% said a brand or store offering LGBTQ Pride-themed collections or merchandise would make them more likely to buy from that same vendor.
Another 61% said it would make no difference at all, while a full quarter of respondents said it would actually negatively impact their purchasing decision. sourceYes, the majority of Americans are in fact on board with it, or at very least ambivalent.
Yes, a very clear majority. It's a minority of the ignorant and the hateful that aren't "on board with this pride stuff."
How's it feel realizing you're a minority Cletus?
Yes.
if you ask generic customer what they feel about minor holiday X that retail stores make a huge deal about - if there aren't massive sales, most customers will be equally ambivalent.
there's nothing really to be "on board" about, it's an ignorable decor change. They don't even have music or large amounts of candy like in the winter holidays.
This year is quickly turning into the year of the strike. France is no surprise, but Germany, UK, USA, uh... are there any other countries with major strikes?