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More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code (apnews.com)
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Starbucks put new limits starting Monday on what its baristas can wear under their green aprons. The dress code requires employees at company-operated and licensed stores in the U.S. and Canada to wear a solid black shirt and khaki, black or blue denim bottoms.

Under the previous dress code, baristas could wear a broader range of dark colors and patterned shirts. Starbucks said the new rules would make its green aprons stand out and create a sense of familiarity for customers as it tries to establish a warmer, more welcoming feeling in its stores.

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

From what I've seen of this new dress code the baristas aren't allowed to show collarbone and basically any normal cut shirt does not qualify. I'm talking regular long sleeve black shirt does not cut it.

It seems they basically want everyone in turtle necks or buttoned up to the equivalent area of the neck which is a style most people don't already own.

So they have to buy new shirts and the company is not paying for what amounts to a new uniform. Which is shitty.

I've worked for places that required a uniform before and the company provided the first uniform.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

If that's true it's not mentioned in the article. It just says they have to wear a black shirt and blue, black, khaki, or denim pants.

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