Starbucks has for long been that business that I reflexively supported.....because of their track record.
Every Starbucks that has been my local has always had pleasant, friendly, engaging, and incredibly hardworking staffers.
Through any of their public travails, and even with the crazy racist incident at that Philly Starbucks, I stood by the company. Because in all my engagements with them, they weren't like that. Making that incident an anomaly. As it was proven to be.
What has been galling though, has been the Starbucks stance on unionization.
It is crass, tone deaf, and born of an almost sociopathic dislike for unions than for any basis in fact.
And it had made me question my loyalty to the firm, as it violated my personal convictions.
I have not been directly helped by any unions. However, the benefits of unions are well known. And despite being a business owner, I respect that.
So, I mulled, and kept mulling how to reconcile the two.
Today, this was shared on Twitter.
Starbucks combines its offer to help employee travel for abortions with union busting.
Starbucks offers all employees enrolled in its health plan access to abortion travel, BUT SAYS it can't "promise" that for unionized stores
I am pissed off beyond belief!
How low, Starbucks?
So, I am going to speak with my wallet.
I am quitting Starbucks completely until sanity returns.
I will end my laziness. I have a super-automatic and a Nespresso. I will start making my own coffee drinks instead of purchasing them at Starbucks. I will start patronizing boutique coffee stores in search of truly sublime coffee beans. (Here comes Insufferable Coffee Snob John.)
And I will stay away from all Starbucks products.
Wifey and I share a Starbucks account, and I have informed her of my decision, and asked her not to purchase anything for me.
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