A judge on Friday issued a nationwide injunction blocking Starbucks from firing employees for engaging in union-related activities protected by federal labor law.
NLRB has accused Starbucks of violating the National Labor Relations Act, which protects certain unionizing activities. Goldsmith found there was reasonable cause to believe Starbucks had indeed done so.
, represented Whitbeck in court. Kerwin argued that Starbucks knew about Whitbeck's union activities because, among other reasons, she openly wore a button in support of "Starbucks Workers United." Starbucks did not deny that Whitbeck engaged in protected union-related activities, which Goldsmith said satisfied the NLRB's burden to show Whitbeck engaged in protected activity and that her employer knew about it.
A Starbucks employee on strike. Starbucks has been ordered to reinstate Hannah Whitbeck, a shift supervisor at an Ann Arbor, Michigan, store who claims she was fired for union organizing. The judge enjoined Starbucks from discharging employees at any of its stores in the United States because "they engage in union and protected concerted activities" and from interfering, restraining or coercing employees exercising theirStarbucks is required to post physical copies of the judge's order at its store in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and to communicate the decision to employees, according to court documents.
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