Starbucks faces backlash over removal of Pride decorations in Ohio stores.

Workers at a Columbus Starbucks are accusing the company of banning workers from installing decorations celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The union representing U.S. Starbucks employees alleges the company is directing locations in Ohio and several other states to remove Pride displays. The move made employees feel “unsafe, attacked” and like the company was “taking a page out of the right-wing reactionary’s playbook,” said a Columbus-area employee. The union is alleging the removal of Pride decorations is a continuation of the company’s “anti-union campaign to intimidate workers and make them feel unwelcome in their own workplace.”