Starbucks May Re-Close , Its Bathrooms to the Public, Says CEO Howard Schultz.br Starbucks May Re-Close , Its Bathrooms to the Public, Says CEO Howard Schultz.br Schultz made br the comments at br a conference in br Washington, D.C., br on June 9.br According to the Starbucks founder, br store managers have difficulty br maintaining the current policy.br We have to harden our stores and provide safety for our people, Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, via CNN.br I don’t know if we can keep our bathrooms open, Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, via CNN.br The Starbucks bathroom policy has been a contentious issue for the company.br In 2018, a Starbucks employees refused access to the store bathroom to two Black customers.br The event caused public outrage, and Starbucks held br racial bias training at all of its stores across the country. .br Schultz stated that the decision to br open Starbucks bathrooms to the public br was the correct one to make in 2018.br We don’t want anyone at Starbucks to feel as if we are not giving access to you to the bathroom because you arebr less than. , Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, via CNN.br We want you to be more than, Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, via CNN.br Schultz is acting as the br interim CEO in the wake br of former CEO Kevin Johnson's br decision to step down.br Starbucks is facing unionization campaigns at stores all over the U.S.