STARBUCKS CLOSES STORES FOR ANTI-BIAS TRAINING

STARBUCKS CLOSES STORES FOR ANTI-BIAS TRAINING

Below is an excerpt from a New York Times article. For full story, click link at bottom:

Starbucks said on Tuesday that it would close its more than 8,000 stores in the United States for one day to conduct anti-bias training after two African-American men were arrested at one of its stores last week, prompting outrage.

Starbucks will close the stores May 29 to offer the training to 175,000 employees.

“I’ve spent the last few days in Philadelphia with my leadership team listening to the community, learning what we did wrong and the steps we need to take to fix it,” Kevin R. Johnson, the company’s chief executive, said in a statement announcing the training.

Complete article HERE

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