Starbucks May Re-Close , Its Bathrooms to the Public, Says CEO Howard Schultz.<br />Starbucks May Re-Close , Its Bathrooms to the Public, Says CEO Howard Schultz.<br />Schultz made <br />the comments at <br />a conference in <br />Washington, D.C., <br />on June 9.<br />According to the Starbucks founder, <br />store managers have difficulty <br />maintaining the current policy.<br />We have to harden our stores and provide safety for our people, Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, via CNN.<br />I don’t know if we can keep our bathrooms open, Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, via CNN.<br />The Starbucks bathroom policy has been a contentious issue for the company.<br />In 2018, a Starbucks employees refused access to the store bathroom to two Black customers.<br />The event caused public outrage, and Starbucks held <br />racial bias training at all of its stores across the country. .<br />Schultz stated that the decision to <br />open Starbucks bathrooms to the public <br />was the correct one to make in 2018.<br />We don’t want anyone at Starbucks to feel as if we are not giving access to you to the bathroom because you are<br />less than. , Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, via CNN.<br />We want you to be more than, Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, via CNN.<br />Schultz is acting as the <br />interim CEO in the wake <br />of former CEO Kevin Johnson's <br />decision to step down.<br />Starbucks is facing unionization campaigns at stores all over the U.S.<br />Of the stores where employees elect to hold a union vote, almost all of them have chosen to unionize
