Republican attorney general files suit claiming – without evidence – coffee chain’s hiring policies cause higher prices
Missouri has sued Starbucks for discrimination because its workforce has “become more female and less white”.
Filed on Tuesday by the state’s Republican attorney general, the lawsuit accuses the coffee chain of engaging in “systemic racial, sexual, and sexual orientation discrimination” through its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, including hiring quotas, advancement opportunities and board membership.
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