Posted on 11/27/2020 7:55:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A Starbucks barista has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the company because she says she was fired for not wearing an LGBT PRIDE t-shirt.
Starbucks claims that her suit is “without merit,” that the company does not require employees to wear any item of clothing other than their trademark green apron.
But the woman, Betsy Fresse who worked at Starbucks in Hoboken, N.J., says the reason that was given for her termination was “her comportment was not in compliance with Starbucks’ core values.”
Fresse’s trouble with the company began when she transferred to another store in New Jersey.
In June 2019, she and other staffers attended a meeting in the store manager’s office where, she claims, she saw a box of Starbucks Pride T-shirts on the floor by his desk. After the room cleared out, Fresse asked the manager if she would be required to wear the shirt during her shifts. According to Fresse, he said she would not.
But, per her suit, which was filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, she was contacted by Starbucks’ ethics and compliance helpline several weeks later regarding her request to be exempt from wearing the Pride shirt. She explained to the ethics and compliance representative that she did not want to war the Pride shirt “because her religious beliefs prevented her from doing so,” the suit states. Then, on Aug. 22, 2019, Fresse was notified she was being terminated because “her comportment was not in compliance with Starbucks’ core values.” According to her notice of separation, when she was handed a Pride shirt — which Starbucks maintains employees were not required to wear — Fresse said she didn’t want to wear it and that her co-workers “need Jesus.”
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i agree. She needed to Mind her own beeswax.
...or else!
“mind your own beeswax”
Thanks for that blast from my past!!
“Ps and Qs” are in there somewhere.
Seriously, thanks!
I wonder if Starbucks goes over the beliefs one must have to be eligible for hire? Because that would seem problematic.
It’s great no matter how many times you see it.
I’d spill black coffee all over it and then put it on.
Wouldn’t go to Starbucks for a damn thing.
“It is possible if she had kept her mouth shut and refused to wear it they wouldn’t have fired her.”
Yep, the store told her she did not have to wear it. There is more to the story.
Didn’t she know she can’t have any opinion nor rights that differ from the groupthink?....
I have two non Starbucks places I can go Donut Boss, and Itsa Grind. Both have better hot drinks than PC Mermaid. I have no problem with gays, but Gay Fascism will create an unwanted backlash.
Be happy I tolerate, even willing to get along with anyone who says they’re LGBTwhatver. But I will not wear my non bigotry on my sleeve to soothe the fragile egos of the PC not sees. It’s no better than being forced to wear a yellow star.
She was contacted by agents from Starbucks’ ethics and compliance division?
Gezzuz..
I have Dunkin’ (Doughnuts) and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
DD for me too. Also there’s Carina’s, Angelito’s and many other mom and pop Cuban owned bodegas in Tampa that serve great coffee at much more reasonable prices than Starschmucks. Besides, given Starbucks’ progressive corp culture you’d think they would want us to BUY LOCALLY.
Can Hatred of Christians Lead to Support of Sexual Minorities?
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2019/03/50399/
Can Hatred of Christians Lead to Support of Sexual Minorities?
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2019/03/50399/
Or she’s an unflinching Christian.
I call the mask the star of David. Yes, they don’t look alike, but it’s the same concept.
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