Starbucks CEO makes huge statement about hiring over 10K refugees in over 75 countries in the next 5 years starting with those that have helped US troops. Now that’s a big statement but how much of this is a knee jerk reaction towards President Donnie and the current boycott of US companies in Mexico or elsewhere? – PB/TK
Starbucks pledges to hire 10,000 refugees
Starbucks says it plans to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in the 75 countries where it does business.
Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz outlined the company’s plan in a memo sent to employees Sunday in response to President Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven Muslim majority countries.
“We are living in an unprecedented time,” Schultz wrote in the memo, which listed several actions the company says it is taking to “reinforce our belief in our partners around the world.”
Continue to cnn.com article: http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/29/news/companies/starbucks-hiring-refugees/index.html?
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