Once again, The Mermaid is finely grinding the rights of its Vancouver employees and serving them at annoyingly high prices. A couple of years ago, the Mermaid fired an employee at her Commercial Drive location because of what she wore on her ears. This time, she's under fire for taking one of her workers to task because that worker's ears don't work.
The Mermaid doesn't miss a trick when it comes to public relations. When the Canadian Auto Workers were organizing Vancouver locations three years ago, she successfully played the victim and swam deftly around the Labour Code by closing unionized locations (like Denman & Nelson Street) and opening non-union stores nearby (like Denman & Davie Street, two blocks away).
In the case of the current Human Rights complaint, Starbucks says they won't comment on pending or current litigation. However, that didn't them from prejudicing the BC Human Rights Commission (and the Globe and Mail) with all the PR bumpf about "embracing diversity" they poured out like so much bullsh*tachino.
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