Starbucks says it will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, a response to President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees and temporary travel bans that apply to six other Muslim-majority nations.
The statement comes as protests roil the US over Trumps ban on immigrants from seven predominantly-Muslim nations, and as Mexicans call for a boycott against Starbucks, McDonalds, Walmart and Coca-cola in retaliation for Trumps wall, Huffington Post reported.
According to USA TODAY, the coffee chains chief executive, CEO Howard Schultz, in a letter to Starbucks workers, said the effort will begin in the US with an emphasis on hiring refugees who have served as interpreters and support personnel for US armed forces abroad. US troops made heavy use of such workers during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We are developing plans to hire 10,000 of them over five years in the 75 countries around the world where Starbucks does business, he told employees in a strongly-worded note.
He added that the move was to make clear the company will neither stand by, nor stand silent, as the uncertainty around the new administrations actions grows with each passing day.
Starbucks is vulnerable to international consumer protests against Trump policies because it has a significant, very visible global footprint in 75 countries.
Starbucks becomes the latest US Corporation to react to Trump's action.
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