Wiccan Starbucks employee asked to remove pentacle
This is an interesting one. The true question is, are other religious items allowed by Starbucks, including a Jewish yarmulke, crosses, Muslim headscarves, etc? I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Wiccan Starbucks employee asked to remove pentacle:
On Dec. 15 Starbucks targeted one of our strongest Wobblies. Suley Ayala was told to take off her pentagram necklace, a symbol of her being Wicca. An assistant manager said that religious items can not be worn at work. Meanwhile we were forced to wear Christmas hats and listen to non-stop Christmas music.
Workers were sick and tired of the illegal anti-union activity and religious discrimination. Three union members walked off the floor and confronted our manager in the back room. This was to no avail and managers threatened to send people home. Management did change their reasoning, though. The problem was no longer that the necklace was a pentagram, but rather that it was now too big.