Queer Starbucks workers wanted to unionize. They say the coffee giant is punishing them for it.

Queer Starbucks workers wanted to unionize. They say the coffee giant is punishing them for it.

On October 3, the director of corporate counsel at Starbucks was honored by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. Among other things, she was honored for making “good trouble” and for her “strong moral compass.” But not everyone at the company was happy. “Stop the [pinkwashing] and political cover!” said a group of Seattle Starbucks baristas on Twitter. “We should all publicly shame @LGBTQBar— you don’t speak for LGBTQ+ workers. Cancel this,” twe…