Guest column: County mayor, state senator call for rehiring of Starbucks employees
Starbucks fired seven employees for reopening the store after hours and allowing non-employee personnel behind the counters. The employees who were fired say Starbucks was retaliating against them for their unionization efforts. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
“We write to protest a recent employment action by your company which interferes with a movement potentially beneficial to our community,” say TN officials in letter to Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson.
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