Shortly after October 7, Starbucks Workers United, the union that represents more than 10,000 of the chain’s employees, expressed solidarity for Palestine on its X account in a since-deleted tweet. The union’s post read “Solidarity with Palestine!” and quote-tweeted an image of a bulldozer breaking through the fence encircling Gaza. Starbucks retaliated, suing the union for damaging its reputation and misleading consumers to think the company itself supports Palestine.

You might mislead our customers into thinking we have a moral backbone! It's not true!!