ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Starbucks Workers United announced that workers from the Starbucks located at 3556 Clemson Boulevard in Anderson County filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Monday, saying the company lied in a police report accusing them of kidnapping and assault.
Officials said the eight workers, three of which were recently fired, filed the defamation lawsuit on Monday.
According to officials, the situation began in August when several workers at the store collectively approached the manager and asked for an increase in wages. The store manager then allegedly took a phone call and walked out of the store while brushing past one of the workers. This exchange was caught on camera and uploaded to TikTok. The video has since accumulated over 11.5 million views, according to officials.
After this interaction, the manager filed a police report stating that the workers would not let her leave and that one of the workers assaulted her. The Starbucks Corporation later released a statement on the incident.
“Starbucks knew exactly what they were doing when it smeared our reputation, painting us as criminals,” said Aneil Tripathi, a fired worker from the Anderson store. “It’s more apparent now than ever that Starbucks will go to any length to smear workers, even going as far as lying to the police and accusing us of crimes we did not commit. They abused the law enforcement process to intimidate us and keep us terrified that a knock on the door would be the...
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