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Starbucks Pledges to Hire 10,000 Refugees in Response to Trump’s Executive Order
KTLA-TV ^ | January 29, 2017 | CNN Wire

Posted on 01/29/2017 6:33:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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.”

The refugee hiring proposal, Schultz wrote, will begin with a focus on people who have served with U.S. troops as interpreters and support personnel.

Schultz also reiterated Starbucks’ support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which helps undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children get driver’s licenses, enroll in college and secure jobs. The program was created by President Obama through an executive order in 2012....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Politics
KEYWORDS: coffee; corporateliberalism; helpwanted; refugees; starbucks; trump
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To: butlerweave
Great plan Starbucks!!..pink-slip the liberal citizens working for you now!!...I'm sure they'll understand....lol...SJW unite!
41 posted on 01/29/2017 6:47:13 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: FlingWingFlyer

An applicant can always “identify” as a refugee.


42 posted on 01/29/2017 6:50:17 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

MORONS


43 posted on 01/29/2017 6:51:07 PM PST by HypatiaTaught (Trump's victory makes me smile 24/7)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Me too.

I started buying Starbucks for my coffee machine two weeks ago. I want to put it in the garbage now.

I’m done with Starbucks. Never again.


44 posted on 01/29/2017 6:51:11 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

MORONS


45 posted on 01/29/2017 6:51:13 PM PST by HypatiaTaught (Trump's victory makes me smile 24/7)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Me too.

I started buying Starbucks for my coffee machine two weeks ago. I want to put it in the garbage now.

I’m done with Starbucks. Never again.


46 posted on 01/29/2017 6:51:53 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not if they don’t have a work permit.


47 posted on 01/29/2017 6:52:12 PM PST by rey
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s pretty convenient. So when ICE agents raid the place they can get a cup of coffee.


48 posted on 01/29/2017 6:52:53 PM PST by rey
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh yes, please do that.

They are known for their kindness and understanding to the ways of others.

They are patient as well...

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49 posted on 01/29/2017 6:52:55 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The hiring is in 75 countries. I don’t care who they hire in 74 other countries.


50 posted on 01/29/2017 6:52:58 PM PST by doug from upland (Are we dreaming or is Hillary finally really gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another company that needs to be put out of business.


51 posted on 01/29/2017 6:53:27 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: escapefromboston
Good luck getting them to work

Where will star*ucks put the prayer rooms and foot washing stations, and who will serve the customers(not me I hate burned crappy overpriced coffee) while the mooselems are praying?

52 posted on 01/29/2017 6:54:00 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good, now ICE knows where to find them.


53 posted on 01/29/2017 6:54:12 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not veterans...refugees, that’s an important distinction.


54 posted on 01/29/2017 6:55:11 PM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks for letting us know how you feel .... - Starbucks.

Tully’s Coffee shops will be getting busy.


55 posted on 01/29/2017 6:56:49 PM PST by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: BenLurkin
Good luck preventing them from spitting in your coffee

Or worse.
56 posted on 01/29/2017 6:57:42 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I will continue to do my business elsewhere, for the foreseeable future.


57 posted on 01/29/2017 6:57:59 PM PST by Kalam (<: The answer is 42 :>)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s good. If they manage to get in here keep them close to liberals.
I’ve never darkened the door of a Starbucks.


58 posted on 01/29/2017 6:58:22 PM PST by TigersEye (Winning. Winning winning winning every day!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Starbucks gonna open in Sudan?
Men only Mondays!
And Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday
The rest of the week is men only


59 posted on 01/29/2017 7:00:31 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Starbucks seems to be finding a lot of ways to hit rock bottom...


60 posted on 01/29/2017 7:01:55 PM PST by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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