Starbucks Wrong to Ask About Worker Strike Plans, Judge Says (1)

Starbucks Corp. has violated federal labor law by asking workers whether they planned to participate in union strikes, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.

NLRB Administrative Law Judge Brian Gee held in his decision Wednesday that managers at two stores in Seattle, Wash., unlawfully asked individual workers if they were going to walk off the job during planned strikes from April to July 2023.

Workers at a third Seattle store decided to strike when the company announced it would shut down the cafe. One of the baristas received a call from a member of Starbucks corporate, who asked when ...