Starbucks CEO Schultz
plans to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump ban
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[January 30, 2017]
NEW
YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz
said on Sunday that the company planned to hire 10,000 refugees over
five years in 75 countries, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump's
executive order banning refugees from certain countries.
Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the
United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other
Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans
from terrorist attacks.
The order sparked widespread international criticism, outrage from civil
rights activists and legal challenges.
Starbucks in a letter from Schultz told employees it would do everything
possible to support affected workers. (http://bit.ly/2kIFjLE)
The hiring efforts announced on Sunday would start in the United States
by initially focusing on individuals who have served with U.S. troops as
interpreters and support personnel in the various countries where the
military has asked for such support, Schultz said.

Schultz has been outspoken on various issues and has put Starbucks in
the national spotlight, asking customers not to bring guns into stores
and urging conversations on race relations.
Schultz said on Sunday that if the Affordable Care Act is repealed and
employees lose healthcare coverage, they would be able to return to
health insurance through Starbucks.
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Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz, pictured with images
from the company's new "Race Together" project behind him, speaks
during the company's annual shareholder's meeting in Seattle,
Washington March 18, 2015. REUTERS/David Ryder

Trump
and a Republican-controlled legislature are seeking to undo much of the
Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
Schultz will step down as CEO in a few months to focus on new high-end coffee
shops, handing the top job to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Johnson, a long-time
technology executive. He will become executive chairman in April.
Schultz also affirmed the company's commitment to trade with Mexico, another
subject that has been front and center of Trump's campaign.
(Reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar in New York; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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