First came #DeleteUber. Now some consumers are tweeting #BoycottStarbucks.
That new Twitter hashtag was born after Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz said he would hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years in the 75 countries where Starbucks SBUX, -1.22% operates. “And we will start this effort here in the U.S. by making the initial focus of our hiring efforts on those individuals who have served with U.S. troops as interpreters and support personnel in the various countries where our military has asked for such support,” he said in a statement Sunday. (Starbucks did not immediately reply to request for comment.)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Friday that banned the entry of all citizens from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) with a majority population of Muslims for 90 days, suspended all refugee admissions for 120 days, and stopped all refugees from war-torn Syria indefinitely. After confusion and protests at airports around the country, the Republican-led administration said Sunday that the ban would not impact green-card holders or people with permanent visa status in the U.S.
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