Regulators say Starbucks used "illegal tactics" against workers

The National Labor Relations Commission orders Starbucks to stop using what the Federal Office calls "illegal sequences." I am asking the federal court. "Tactics" for workers involved in union activities at coffee chain stores.  

NLRB's petition, filed in the U.S. District Court in Western New York on Tuesday, is the third board of directors to the company since a worker at the Starbucks store in Buffalo voted in December. It is a petition. Joining the Union — The first retailer-owned approximately 10,000 stores in the United States. Since then, at least 151 stores have voted for the union and more than 289 have applied for elections with NLRB. .. 

Starbucks opposes the union's efforts, claiming that the company is better off dealing directly with its employees. However, it consistently rejects allegations of using illegal tactics aimed at discouraging workers from trying to organize.

"As mentioned earlier, I believe these claims are false and ready to defend our proceedings. "The spokesman told CBS Money Watch by email.

In a recent submission, NLRB called on Starbucks to reinstate seven buffalo workers who allegedly were illegally dismissed for trying to form a union. It also wants the court to require Starbucks to negotiate with stores whose union elections have been compromised by what the panel said was a company's anti-union effort.

Starbucks uses managers to monitor workers, thwart union activities, close stores on active organized drives, seven union activists in five different stores over a six-week period Used "widespread illegal tactics", such as dismissing. , NLRB said in the newsrelease.

"Without immediate provisional remedies, Starbucks would irreparably damage the campaign in Buffalo, either by illegal means or to employees across the country. We will achieve that goal by sending a cool message, "said Linda Leslie, regional director of NLRB in Buffalo.

Leslie issued an integrated complaint in May, which included more than 200 allegations of unfair labor practice by Starbucks. A hearing on complaints in front of an Administrative Law Judge is set for July 11, 2022. Voted to consolidate those stores and close them temporarily or permanently. 

Starbucks Workers United, the leader of the union movement, praised NLRB's petition. 

"Company union crushing has been shocking and relentless for the past decade, and the relief NLRB seeks in federal court is consistent with the extent and depth of Starbucks workers' infringement. "Hayes, a lawyer for the Ian Union, said in a statement Wednesday.

In an April letter to Starbucks employees, Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz hinted atas an "out-of-union unit" in an organized campaign. I did. 45} Organizer Jaz Brisack,, paid the salary of Workers United, a branch of the Service Employees International Union.