Conservative commentators who had been promoting boycotts of companies for their support of Pride Month immediately took the news as a victory.
to Starbucks' director of regional operations in the Bethesda, Maryland, region, Brigitte Herbert, titled"Let Starbucks Partners Decorate For Pride."
"I was told that they had just implemented a new no-decorations policy. And I was like, 'Right before Pride?' That's really suspicious and kind of weird. I was pretty sure it wasn't just our store, because our store managers are very supportive of LGBT stuff, most of our employees are LGBT community members, and I was told that it was the regional manager's decision," the worker said.
In each of these cases, the alleged directive would have come from middle management or from regional directors or store managers. One worker who spoke to the Guardianthat Starbucks' response that there had been no change in corporate policy was misleading, since regional leadership had been behind the push:
the company was"waiting to hear back from the regional manager mentioned in the petition on what disconnect exists between workers and management on decoration policies." Snopes has also reached out to Herbert, who did not immediately respond to our request for comment. Muldowney, Decca."Starbucks Denies Telling Baristas to Remove Pride Flags From Stores." The Daily Beast, 13 June 2023, https://www.thedailybeast.com/starbucks-tells-baristas-to-remove-pride-flags-from-stores.
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