The company is in the process of relocating some of the stores.
For some deep brown toper across the US , their local Starbucks is about to change .
The coffee chain is for good closing 16 locations across four state and Washington , DC by the end of July , The Wall Street Journalreports . The decision is linked to safety machine upshot involve the stave and baristas . Starbucks workers at the closedown locations have reportedly raised concerns and report incidents about drug habit inside the cafes .
Starbucks is offering the chance to transfer to neighboring computer memory to all employees who are bear on by the decision , theAssociated Press reports . In an email sent to employee on July 11 , Starbucks ' Senior Vice Presidents of Operations Debbie Stroud and Denise Nelson addressed the reported incident and said the company ’s stores are not resistant to problems such as drug use and mental wellness issues .
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" We know these challenges can , at times , run out within our stores too , " they write . " We learn every incident story you file — it ’s a lot . "
In gain to allowing relocation , Starbucks also said that it will entrust local drawing card the authorization to implement unexampled or modify rules in rules of order to make the cafes safe . Those include allowing managers to reduce seating as well as close bathrooms . The latter move , however , runs counter to2018 changes , which have since allowed anyone to utilize the cafe ' restrooms without making a leverage .
In the letter , Starbucks also said it is unforced to modify operating hour and both remove or move the store ’s furniture to allow employees a better view of the cafe . The coffee chain also said it is prove alarm systems as well as sensors that notice the presence of someone in lav , and it tell employee that through the project Outreach Worker , they can connect to nonprofit chemical group that are dedicate to help oneself hoi polloi without housing and the great unwashed with genial health conditions .
Some workers , however , are worry the move may have anti - union motif . One employeetold the Associated Pressthat they were n’t confer or given another choice besides the store ’s closure . Two of the Seattle stores slate to come together had recently voted to unionize , and one of the Portland stores had petition to hold a join voter turnout . Starbucks denied these concerns , and said that the conclusion is not related to the depot ' unionisation cognitive process .
" Opening and closing stores is part of our byplay military operation , " a spokesperson for the ship’s company enjoin the Associated Press . " This is really rooted in dependable and welcoming store . "
So far,171 Starbucks stores have successfully unionizedacross the US .
Here ’s the list of all the Starbucks memory board closing by the conclusion of July :
