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Post by bot on Jan 29, 2017 23:30:28 GMT -5
Starbucks to hire 10,000 refugees worldwide
Starbucks Corp. will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years at stores in the 75 countries it operates, Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz said Sunday in a statement. Schultz said he hoped to address the concerns of employees who may be feeling uneasy after a series of executive orders issued by the Trump administration in the past week. Schultz said the company would continue to support DREAMers -- children of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children -- would continue to operate and invest in Mexico and is committed to providing health insurance to workers if the Affordable Care Act is revoked. To kick off its campaign to hire refugees, he said Starbucks will offer jobs to those who served as interpreters or support personnel for U.S. troops overseas. "We have a long history of hiring young people looking for opportunities and a pathway to a new life around the world," Schultz said.
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