Starbucks CEO Says Will Hire 10,000 Refugees Over the Next Five Years
January 29 2017 - 08:37PM
Dow Jones News
By Julie Jargon
Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) Chairman and Chief Executive Howard
Schultz on Sunday said he would hire 10,000 refugees over the next
five years in the 75 countries in which Starbucks does
business.
"I write to you today with deep concern, a heavy heart and a
resolute promise," he said in a letter he wrote to Starbucks
employees in response to the executive order that President Donald
Trump issued on Friday banning people from several mostly-Muslim
countries from entering the U.S.
Mr. Schultz said the effort would start in the U.S. with a focus
on hiring people who have served with U.S. troops as interpreters
and support personnel. A company spokeswoman on Sunday said the
company does not yet know how many of the 10,000 refugees it plans
to hire will work in the U.S.
Write to Julie Jargon at julie.jargon@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 29, 2017 20:22 ET (01:22 GMT)
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