Target workers fired over Stanley cups say the crackdown leaves some of the stores' Starbucks cafés understaffed

• Target fired dozens of workers over Stanley cup purchases, many of them in-store Starbucks baristas.
• Former Starbucks team leaders say their departures leave cafés short-handed.
• Target must follow Starbucks' rules for licensees to remain in compliance.

Target's swift and severe crackdown on workers who bought one of the trendy Stanley x Starbucks cups last month could lead to another headache — keeping its Starbucks cafés staffed up.