Amid union turmoil, Starbucks is now facing a lawsuit alleging racial prejudice against White job candidates. On behalf of the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), a shareholder, the American Civil Rights Project filed the lawsuit, National Center for Public Policy Research v. Howard Schultz et. al, No. 22-2-02945-32, Aug. 30 in the State of Washington Spokane County Superior Court.
“Starbucks has set goals for the number of ‘diverse’ — meaning not-White — employees it hires, and those goals are tied to executive compensation. That is outright racial discrimination,” Scott Shepard, NCPPR’s Free Enterprise Project director, said in an Aug. 31 press statement.
