这家咖啡巨头将根据和解协议支付100万美元，并在四年内每年提交合规认证
2026-09-17T16:03:04-04:00 / 福克斯新闻网
作者：斯蒂芬妮·普莱斯、洛林·泰勒
发布时间：2026年9月17日下午4:03 美国东部夏令时 | 更新时间：2026年9月17日下午6:25 美国东部夏令时
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独家报道—— 根据这项全面和解协议，星巴克将向佛罗里达州支付100万美元，并将在全美范围内的雇佣实践中不再使用基于种族和性别的目标、配额及偏好。该协议了结了该州对这家咖啡巨头的民权诉讼。
佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌特迈尔的办公室向福克斯新闻数字频道证实，该协议适用于星巴克在全美所有门店，而非仅佛罗里达州境内的门店。
“每一位佛罗里达人都应当仅凭能力、资历和品格获得雇佣、晋升和薪酬，而非基于种族或性别，”乌特迈尔向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，“此次和解确保星巴克的政策和实践完全符合佛罗里达州的民权法律。多元公平包容（DEI）绝不能成为侵犯民权的借口。”
该协商达成的和解了结了乌特迈尔于2025年12月提起的诉讼。该诉讼指控星巴克在其职场政策中使用基于种族和性别的目标、配额及偏好，违反了《佛罗里达民权法案》。
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2025年9月26日，星巴克公司位于西雅图的总部。(大卫·赖德/彭博社)
根据和解协议，星巴克承诺遵守该州民权法律，该法律禁止在雇佣、晋升、薪酬、高管薪酬、导师计划、供应商选择和董事会构成方面存在基于种族和性别的偏好。
该公司还同意，不会加入要求其提高董事会种族多样性的组织。
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2025年9月3日，詹姆斯·乌特迈尔在华盛顿特区举行的全国保守派大会上发表讲话。(多米尼克·格温/中东图片社/法新社通过盖蒂图片社)
星巴克首席法律官将被要求在四年内每年提交公司持续合规的认证。该公司还将向佛罗里达州法律事务部支付100万美元，以报销该办公室提起诉讼所花费的时间、开支和成本。
“我们很高兴在不承认任何不当行为的前提下解决了此事，并感谢总检察长办公室在整个过程中进行的建设性接触，”星巴克执行副总裁兼首席法律官皮拉尔·拉莫斯说道。
“我们将继续专注于为身着绿色围裙的合作伙伴提供优质工作和职业发展机会，同时对我们在佛罗里达州及全球服务的社区产生积极影响。”
该和解协议不涉及星巴克承认任何责任或不当行为。
西雅图市长呼吁抵制星巴克遭当地电台主持人抨击，咖啡巨头新增纳什维尔岗位
佛罗里达州迈阿密海滩林肯路一家星巴克店内的咖啡师正在工作。(杰弗里·格林伯格/环球图片社通过盖蒂图片社)
此次和解此前，乌特迈尔提起诉讼，指控星巴克将多元公平包容举措变成了基于种族的歧视体系。
2025年12月的起诉书指出，星巴克在2020年宣布的目标是到2025年让有色人种占据40%的零售和制造业岗位以及30%的企业职位。
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在佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌特迈尔提起诉讼后，星巴克将全面改革其多元公平包容实践。(拉明··塔拉勒/考比斯通过盖蒂图片社)
起诉书还指控，该公司向某些员工支付的薪酬高于其他种族、具备相同经验和技能的员工，并且在2024年3月之前，将高管奖金与多元化目标挂钩。
该诉讼指控，在2024财年，奖金标准包括高管指导黑人、原住民及其他有色人种员工、每月与指导对象会面，并将这些员工的留存率维持在规定阈值以上。
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起诉书进一步指控，佛罗里达州星巴克的员工和求职者曾联系总检察长办公室，举报自己因白人身份而感到被排斥或羞辱。乌特迈尔指控该公司对被其视为“非多元化”的员工存在“系统性歧视”。
“星巴克让多元公平包容不止成为一句口号，”乌特迈尔在诉讼公布时表示，“他们将其变成了基于种族的强制性雇佣和晋升体系。”
佛罗里达州立大学因基于种族和性别的奖学金项目遭联邦民权调查
2025年4月14日，佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌特迈尔在新闻发布会上。(乔·伯班克/奥兰多哨兵报/论坛新闻服务社通过盖蒂图片社)
他当时表示，基于种族的雇佣目标以及与达成目标挂钩的高管奖金，构成了佛罗里达州法律禁止的歧视行为。
该州最初要求为每起针对佛罗里达州居民的指称种族歧视行为索赔1万美元，乌特迈尔的办公室表示，这一金额可能高达数千万甚至更多。根据起诉书，星巴克在佛罗里达州拥有900多家门店。
特朗普政府提议取消使用基于种族项目的学校的免税地位
这一行动始于2024年，由时任佛罗里达州总检察长阿什利·穆迪发起，她后来成为共和党联邦参议员。当时她呼吁对该公司的雇佣做法展开调查。
并非只有佛罗里达州一个州对星巴克的多元公平包容政策提出质疑。时任密苏里州总检察长安德鲁·贝利于2025年2月提起了另一项联邦诉讼，指控该公司使用基于种族和性别的雇佣配额，并非法将高管薪酬与多元化目标挂钩。
奥克兰学区因“有色人种学生”项目陷入困境，同时领取数百万美元联邦资金
一名联邦法官于2026年2月驳回了该案，认定密苏里州未找到实际受到该政策伤害的居民。该州已对该裁决提起上诉。
星巴克此前对佛罗里达州的指控提出异议，在诉讼提起后告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，其项目和福利对所有人开放，且符合法律规定。
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“我们的雇佣做法具有包容性、公平性和竞争力，旨在始终确保为每个岗位选拔最优秀的候选人，”该公司的一位发言人当时表示。
福克斯新闻数字频道的雷切尔·德尔·吉迪切和安德斯·哈格斯特伦为本报道做出了贡献。
编辑注： 本文已更新，以反映星巴克承诺在全美雇佣实践中不再使用基于种族和性别的目标、配额及偏好。
斯蒂芬妮·普莱斯是福克斯新闻网的撰稿人，专注于西海岸和中西部新闻、失踪人员案件、全国及国际犯罪报道、凶杀案及边境安全议题。
Starbucks resolves Florida DEI lawsuit with blockbuster agreement
The coffee giant will pay $1M and submit annual compliance certifications for four years under the agreement
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Published September 17, 2026 4:03pm EDT | Updated September 17, 2026 6:25pm EDT
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EXCLUSIVE —Starbucks will pay Florida $1 million and will not use race-and sex-based goals, quotas and preferences in employment practices companywide under a sweeping settlement ending the state’s civil rights lawsuit against the coffee giant.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office confirmed to Fox News Digital that the agreement applies to all Starbucks operations nationwide, not just the company’s locations in Florida.
“Every Floridian deserves to be hired, promoted and compensated based on merit, qualifications and character — not race or sex,” Uthmeier told Fox News Digital. “This resolution ensures that Starbucks’ policies and practices fully comply with Florida’s civil rights laws. DEI can never be an excuse to violate civil rights.”
The negotiated resolution ends the lawsuit Uthmeier filed in December 2025 accusing Starbucks of violating the Florida Civil Rights Act through racial and sex-based goals, quotas and preferences in its workplace policies.
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Starbucks Corp. headquarters in Seattle Sept. 26, 2025.(David Ryder/Bloomberg)
Under the agreement, Starbucks committed to complying with the state civil rights law, which prohibits race and sex-based preferences in hiring, promotions, pay, executive compensation, mentorship programs, supplier selection and board composition.
The company also agreed it will not participate in organizations that require it to increase the racial diversity of its board of directors.
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Starbucks’ chief legal officer will be required to submit annual certifications of the company’s continued compliance for four years. The company will also pay $1 million to the Florida Department of Legal Affairs to reimburse the office for the time, expenses and costs of bringing the case.
“We’re pleased to have resolved this matter without admission of wrongdoing and appreciate the constructive engagement of the Attorney General’s Office throughout this process,” Pilar Ramos, executive vice president and chief legal officer of Starbucks said.
“We will continue to focus on offering great jobs and career opportunities to our partners who wear the green apron, while making a positive impact on the communities we serve in Florida and around the world.”
The agreement includes no admission of liability or wrongdoing by Starbucks.
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Baristas at work inside a Starbucks coffee shop on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, Fla.(Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The settlement follows Uthmeier’s lawsuit, which alleged Starbucks had turned diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives into a system that discriminated based on race.
The December complaint pointed to goals Starbucks announced in 2020 to have people of color fill 40% of retail and manufacturing jobs and 30% of corporate positions by 2025.
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Starbucks will overhaul its DEI practices after a lawsuit brought by Florida AG James Uthmeier.(Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)
It also alleged the company paid certain employees more than workers of other races with the same experience and skills and, before March 2024, tied executive bonuses to diversity goals.
For fiscal year 2024, the lawsuit alleged that bonus criteria included executives mentoring Black, Indigenous and other employees of color, holding monthly meetings with mentees and keeping retention among those workers above a stated threshold.
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The complaint further alleged that Florida Starbucks employees and job applicants contacted the attorney general’s office and reported feeling excluded or humiliated because they were White. Uthmeier accused the company of “systemic discrimination” against workers it considered “non-diverse.”
“Starbucks made DEI more than a slogan,” Uthmeier said when the lawsuit was announced. “They turned it into a mandatory hiring and promotion system based on race.”
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier during a news conference April 14, 2025.(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
He said at the time that race-based hiring goals and executive bonuses tied to meeting them amounted to discrimination prohibited under Florida law.
The state initially sought $10,000 in damages for each alleged instance of racial discrimination against a Florida resident, an amount Uthmeier’s office said could have reached tens of millions of dollars or more. Starbucks operates more than 900 stores in Florida, according to the complaint.
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The effort began in 2024 under then-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, now a Republican U.S. senator, after she called for an investigation into the company’s hiring practices.
Florida was not the only state to challenge Starbucks’ DEI policies. Then-Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a separate federal lawsuit in February 2025 alleging the company used race and sex-based hiring quotas and unlawfully tied executive pay to diversity targets.
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A federal judge dismissed that case in February 2026, finding that Missouri had not identified a resident who was actually harmed by the policies. The state appealed the ruling.
Starbucks previously disputed Florida’s allegations, telling Fox News Digital after the lawsuit was filed that its programs and benefits were open to everyone and lawful.
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“Our hiring practices are inclusive, fair and competitive and designed to ensure the strongest candidate for every job, every time,” a company spokesperson said at the time.
Fox News Digital’s Rachel del Guidice and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
EDITOR’S NOTE:This story was updated to reflect Starbucks’ commitment to not using race-and sex-based goals, quotas and preferences in employment practices companywide.
Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.
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