*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Starbucks to Close 8,000 U.S. Stores for Racial-Bias Training After Arrests Author: Rachel Abrams

*Source: * NY Times

*Date:* April 17, 2018

*Summary: *Starbucks said on Tuesday that it would close its more than 8,000 stores in the United States for one day to conduct anti-bias training after two African-American men were arrested https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia-black-men-arrest.html at one of its stores last week, prompting outrage.

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