What they meant was they can't wear tops of just any color.

That might help sales... might even attract a new customer demographic--
although not one which would improve the 'ambiance' of their establishments....

From going there three times a day.

So glad I stopped patronizing this chain years ago.

I'll never buy coffee here again!!!!

Interesting timing, no?

I think that they should allow some leeway for short color though such as red, blue, green and purple.

They see that now is the time to push.

I don't understand the outrage for this situation. I worked for the city of LA, and was in a union, and we were required to wear uniforms of a certain color. When I was hired (1980ish) they gave us two sets of tops/bottoms and a jacket as we worked outside most of the time. Anything after those sets of clothes we had to buy ourselves and it had to be within certain parameters--could be a polo type shirt in a specific color, and later they allowed t-shirts in that color with the city's logo on it. The pants could be jeans or a Dickies type pant, but only in brown. The uniforms saved having to pick out something to wear each day and/or ruining 'normal' clothes.

I get it that the employees feel that their more important issues are not being dealt with and management is stonewalling on them. Is it because the Starbucks baristas have to buy their own? Maybe they feel that this is an issue they can fight back on?

while their employees dress in uniforms like McDonalds.

Their coffee sucks, too.

It's a power play by the company.

Their way of telling the workers, "Don't forget, you're still our little coffee monkeys. When we say dance, you dance."