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The Washington Post reports:
Missouri’s attorney general has sued Starbucks, accusing it of engaging in discrimination with its diversity, equity and inclusion policies and alleging that such initiatives have made the coffee giant’s workforce “more female and less white.”
The federal lawsuit filed by Andrew Bailey, a Republican, accuses Starbucks of engaging in “systemic racial, sexual, and sexual orientation discrimination” through hiring quotas, advancement opportunities and board membership.
Such practices force Missouri consumers to “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services,” he argued, because making hiring decisions “on non-merit considerations will skew the hiring pool towards people who are less qualified to perform their work.” He did not provide evidence for how costs would increase for consumers.
Read the full article. Bailey appeared here yesterday when he sued Kansas City and its host county over their bans on ex-gay torture.
Missouri’s AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too “female” and “non-white” and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services” because its workforce is “less qualified”
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
— Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) February 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
What standing does the Missouri AG have to bring a lawsuit for the terms and conditions of employment at Starbucks under federal law? Bailey knows he’s not the United States Government, right?https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/13/starbucks-dei-diversity-missouri-hiring-andrew-bailey/
— Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) February 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM