Starbucks’ Philly Union Busting Violated the Law, NLRB Rules (2)

Starbucks Corp. illegally fired two workers and committed other unfair labor practices in a bid to disrupt a nascent organizing drive at two Philadelphia stores, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

Starbucks’ violations of federal labor law included threatening, surveilling, and interrogating employees, prohibiting them from discussing complaints about managers or job conditions, and reducing work hours for those who supported the union, the NLRB said in Monday’s decision.

The Philadelphia case predates the massive, coast-to-coast organizing wave that has resulted in more than 275 Starbucks stores unionizing since December 2021. The NLRB’s ruling against the coffee chain could ...