'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.
"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.
Whitbeck and National Labor Relations Board Detroit Regional Director Elizabeth Kerwin argued that she 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 haveStarbucks Workers United, the employees' union, has accused the company of firing more than 200 employees in illegal retaliation for organizing.
The company claimed Whitbeck was fired for leaving 20 to 30 minutes early a single time without finding someone to fill in for her, but Kerwin argued that would have been a violation of Starbucks' own policy of issuing a warning for such an incident. Kerwin also noted that Starbucks was aware Whitbeck was involved in unionization efforts.
;𠇏iring workers for organizing is already illegal, of course. But this decision is HUGE for getting speedy justice for those retaliated against;”
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