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   https://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/cinnabon-allegedly-banned-pride-deco   
   rations-210123812.html   
      
   Workers at a Los Angeles Cinnabon went on strike to protest the alleged   
   banning of Pride decor from their store.   
      
   Fourteen workers at the Northridge Fashion Center Cinnabon walked out   
   last Friday, the beginning of a three-day strike, according to the Los   
   Angeles Times. The controversy began when Greg Reheis, the vice   
   president of operations for 13th Floor/Pilot, a company that operates   
   over a dozen Cinnabon locations, allegedly sent a series of messages to   
   over 200 workers on June 16.   
      
   “We do not discriminate or celebrate any particular race, ethnic group,   
   gender specific group, religious group,” Reheis wrote in a message. “If   
   any store [is] displaying a Pride Flag, it is to be taken down   
   IMMEDIATELY!”   
      
   According to NBC News, an employee asked in a group chat if wearing pins   
   would be okay, to which Reheis responded, “Non specific pins (happy   
   face, etc) are OK. But sports team, group, school pins, etc., are not   
   OK.” When the employee said that a rainbow pin would be okay, Reheis   
   allegedly said, “Nope, that would be specific to a group.”   
      
   Those messages were included in a complaint to the California Civil   
   Rights Department, which was filed last Monday. The workers are alleging   
   that Cinnabon discriminated against employees based on sexual   
   orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, and are demanding   
   that Cinnabon retract the policy. Additionally, the workers are   
   demanding that Cinnabon train “managers and employees to comply with   
   existing laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual   
   orientation, gender identity and gender expression,” per NBC News.   
      
   “We are fighting to defend our civil rights, including the right to   
   express our identities and our solidarity with one another,” the   
   complaint said, according to NBC News. “Cinnabon ought to be a place   
   where we can come to work and feel good about ourselves, without being   
   singled out and discriminated against on the basis of sexual   
   orientation, gender identity and gender expression.”   
      
   The company continues to deny claims their policies have changed.   
      
   According to the complaint, the ban on Pride decor does not align with   
   how the Cinnabon stores owned by 13th Floor/Pilot have celebrated other   
   holidays like Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, which   
   franchises are not allowed to opt out of. Additionally, the complaint   
   notes that various organizations, including church groups and sports   
   teams, are allowed to fundraise with Cinnabon, implying that Cinnabon is   
   associated with support for those groups. The complaint says that this   
   provides “overwhelming evidence that the policy issued June 16th is, in   
   fact, a homophobic and transphobic policy applied only to Pride.”   
      
   The workers also said that the strike was in protest of extremely hot   
   working conditions. According to a video posted to Twitter by the Los   
   Angeles branch of the national campaign Fight for $15, the air   
   conditioning in the Northridge store hasn’t worked since September 2022.   
   This was backed by the Los Angeles Times, which reported that workers   
   have regularly had to work in temperatures up to the mid-90s.   
      
   Cinnabon, Reheis and 13th Floor/Pilot have yet to respond publicly.   
      
   Cinnabon’s alleged ban on Pride decorations is only one of several high   
   profile incidents of its kind that occurred during June. Starbucks   
   allegedly banned Pride decorations from some locations, leading workers   
   to strike in protest. After widespread conservative backlash against   
   Target’s Pride collection, the big box store pulled many of the products   
   from shelves. Google capitulated to complaints from its Christian   
   employees and withdrew its support from a drag show organized by and for   
   LGBTQ+ employees. And last but not least, Bud Light failed to stand   
   behind Dylan Mulvaney after she faced intense right-wing hate for   
   partnering with the beer company, with the influencer alleging that the   
   brand never reached out to her after the harassment began.   
      
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   This location is a franchise to avoid because the employees cannot be   
   trusted to treat the product they produce and sell without contaminating   
   it.   
      
   Located in: Northridge Fashion Center   
   Address: 9301 Tampa Ave Space 108, Northridge, CA 91324   
   Hours:   
   Closed · Opens 11 AM Thu   
   Menu: cinnabon.com   
   Phone: (818) 739-1419   
      
   There are plenty of other options in California.   
      
   https://locations.cinnabon.com/ca   
      
      
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