The boss of Starbucks put on an apron, he will make coffee in the cafes
Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan announced in a written statement to employees of the global coffee chain that he will work half a day each month at one of the corporation's facilities, CBS reported.
Narasimhan officially became the head of "Starbucks" on Monday, and today he is expected to lead the annual meeting of shareholders of the company, informs BTA. He joined the company last October and spent months studying its business model.
He also had 40 hours of training as a barista (a specialist in the preparation and presentation of coffee drinks), during which Narasimhan donned the famous green apron worn by some Starbucks coffee shop employees, according to SBS. Meanwhile, employees of the chain and trade unions organized a protest in front of the headquarters of the corporation, in the American city of Seattle. They were protesting his leadership's attempts to "break up," in their words, their unions, ABC reported.
Organizers of the protest announced that employees at more than 100 retail locations of the chain in 40 US cities participated in the labor protests, but the corporation disputed their stated scope.