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Thousands strike over Starbucks anti-LGBT+ policies (www.workers.org)

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The company has even hired Pinkerton agents from the historic union-busting firm, known for its extreme violence and massacres against union workers, to surveil and intimidate picket lines. But this has emboldened the striking workers and removed the progressive veneer the company paints for itself to the public.

Workers World covered the Starbucks/Pinkerton connections in an earlier article. (workers.org/2022/08/66051/)

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[–] Debo 1 points 2 years ago

Why does a corporation need to take a stand on human sexuality in the first place? Just sell me coffee.