WALSH: Remember When Starbucks Caved And Opened Their Bathrooms To Non-Customers?

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Is Woke Starbucks Waking Up?







“It has shocked me that one of the primary concerns that our retail partners have is their own personal safety,” Schultz admitted. “And then we heard the stories that go along with it about what happens in our bathrooms, the issue of mental illness, the issue of homelessness, and the issue of crime.”

Schultz also said more closures are likely to happen. “We have stores in every community, and we are facing things… the stores were not built for. We are listening to our people and closing stores.”

Schultz also blamed political leaders who have allowed crime to overtake our nation’s cities. “At the local, state, and federal level, these governments across the country, and leaders — mayors and governors, city councils — have abdicated their responsibility in fighting crime and addressing mental illness,” Schultz said. “Despite the challenges of COVID and post-COVID, and the changes in customer behavior… the demand for Starbucks coffee by our customers, domestically and around the world, has never been greater.”

He may not have called them out specifically, but look at where the current closures are: Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.—these are all Democrat-run cities, and Democrats nationwide have become increasingly soft on crime since the death of George Floyd in 2020. Leftist district attorneys are no longer prosecuting shoplifters and have eliminated cash bail. Woke policies created the mess that Starbucks is now paying for. I don’t mean to sound vindictive, but it feels like Starbucks is getting what it deserves.
 
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And the excuse on the liberal side is that well. This is just happening because these are the places that want to unionize... I'm pretty sure Starbucks has the receipts for all the things they're talking about though
 

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Starbucks CEO Blames Woke Elected Officials For 16 Store Closures In Dangerous Cities






In March, employees began to unionize after being confronted with a spike in homeless and violent people entering cafes after the company changed its bathroom policy. Following a woke controversy, Starbucks opened its restrooms to all members of the public, even people who weren’t buying anything. Schultz said in that June the four-year-old bathroom policy is now on the chopping block.

“We have to harden our stores and provide safety for our people,” Schultz said last month at a forum sponsored by The New York Times. “I don’t know if we can keep our bathrooms open.”

In the effort to unionize, one employee complained to Jacobin that Starbucks baristas are doubling as “untrained social workers.”

Stroud and Nelson said the company will now be offering staff de-escalation, mental health first aid, and active shooter trainings. The pair also highlighted benefits for employees seeking paid parental leave or abortion.
 
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