Smoky Mountain Journal -Starbucks To Close 8,000 Stores To Conduct Racial-Bias Training For Nearly 175K




The Great Smoky Mountain Journal Source: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:47 PM

Starbucks To Close 8,000 Stores To Conduct Racial-Bias Training For Nearly 175K
NEW YORK (AP) —Starbucks says it will close its more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training to its nearly 175,000 workers. The announcement comes after two black men were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks store, sparking protests and calls for a boycott on social media. Starbucks Corp. says the stores will be closed on the afternoon on May 29. Its corporate offices will also be closed at that tim