Saturday, July 13, 2013

NY Paper: "Starbucks workers in deaf jam"

"They were ridiculed, laughed at and told they had to leave Starbucks," Eric Baum is quoted as saying in the New York Daily News. He's the lawyer who is suing on behalf of a dozen deaf customers. In response, Starbucks spokesperson Jamie Riley says the company aware of the allegations and is investigating. "Discrimination of any kind is unacceptable at Starbucks," she said. Read more here.