Employees, some workers and experts say, have been thrust into the middle of an increasingly hostile political battle over corporate America.
employee in Nebraska found a business card promoting Christianity placed prominently on the store’s Pride display.A Starbucks employee in Wisconsin was allegedly ordered by a manager to remove LGBTQ-friendly decorations.
In a statement to ABC News, Starbucks said it has not altered its policies on store decorations or related issues. While she generally supports the company’s LGBTQ-friendly products, Sonday said she backed the company’s decision to"Employee safety is more important than having products out," she said.it removed some products from this year's Pride collection because the company "experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being while at work."
At a Starbucks store in Madison, Wisconsin, employee Matt Cartwright said he was ordered by a manager earlier this month to take down a Pride flag as well as paper-link streamers and rainbow-colored lights. It's not just store workers that have been caught in the crossfires of the culture wars but employees in various fields.
"If I could be attacked for using an example that was misunderstood, it could definitely have a chilling effect," he told ABC News.
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