Nationwide Federal Order Bars Starbucks From Firing Workers for Union Activity

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CommonDreams

"Starbucks continues to violate the law in egregious ways, thus requiring a nationwide cease and desist order," said the general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board.

A federal judge issued a nationwide order late Friday barring Starbucks from firing union organizers—a ruling that affirmed a long-established law which workers say the coffee chain has violated hundreds of times since unionizing efforts were first launched in Buffalo, New York in 2021.

U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled in Michigan that former shift supervisor Hannah Whitbeck must be reinstated in her position, which she was fired from in April 2022.

Whitbeck and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Detroit Regional Director Elizabeth Kerwin argued that the former worker had been fired because of her involvement in union organizing at the store where she worked in Ann Arbor—one of 366 Starbucks stores across the U.S. where employees have organized to create bargaining units. Nearly 300 stores have won union elections so far.

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1. Kickin

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2. K&R!!

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3. That's great news

There’s power in a union.
NEA-AFT-AFL-CIO through my retirement. Joined NEA as a student teacher way back in the last millennium. Served as building/school rep, local board of directors, state and national delegate for many years.

I think “the youths” are searching and learning about the value of unionizing. The employees of a tech company my daughter works for have started to talk about unionizing. She grew up in our union household, saw the hard work it took and the good things we worked on even if not always accomplished. She’s already a leader among her peers. I have much hope for their future and ours.
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4. I have great hopes, too.