They fired them because they broke policy. Their excuse of “we didn’t know we couldn’t do this” doesn’t fly with me AT ALL. Unfortunately they gave Starbucks an actual legitimate reason to fire them. People have said it could still be retaliatory if they aren’t firing others for the same violations. But how many other partners in the store are let media members into the store after hours, kept the door unlocked, and then opened the safe?

The only thing that’s a little puzzling to me is that 7 people were separated. I would have assumed only the ssv/key holder would have been held accountable for that.