(WSVN) - Following the death of George Floyd, Starbucks has announced they will be designing new T-shirts for their employees in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The announcement came after the company faced backlash for reportedly prohibiting their employees from wearing personal Black Lives Matter gear.
Black Lives Matter. We continue to listen to our partners and communities and their desire to stand for justice together. The Starbucks Black Partner Network co-designed t-shirts with this graphic that will soon be sent to 250,000+ store partners. pic.twitter.com/Wexb45RcTE
— Starbucks (@Starbucks) June 12, 2020
The company also said they will now allow employees to wear their personal shirts and buttons in support of the movement until the new company shirts arrive.
“As we talked about earlier this week, we’re designing new t-shirts with the graphic below to demonstrate our allyship and show we stand together in unity,” Starbucks said in the statement. “Until these arrive, we’ve heard you want to show your support, so just be you. Wear your BLM pin or t-shirt. We are so proud of your passionate support of our common humanity.”
In the announcement, the partners said in part, “Together, we’re saying: Black Lives Matter and it’s going to take ALL of us, working together, to affect change.”
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