Chicago labor board officials allege the firing was an effort by Starbucks to discourage pro-union activity among its employees.
The employee “engaged in concerted activities with other employees for the purposes of collective bargaining and other mutual aid and protection” — and was terminated for doing so, the complaint alleges.The complaint also alleges Starbucks interrogated workers at the Wilmette store about their union sympathies and the union activities of their co-workers.
Though baristas at about a dozen area Starbucks have filed for union elections since the start of the year, workers at the Wilmette store have not filed for a union election, according to a representative from Starbucks Workers United, the Service Employees International Union affiliate that represents the Starbucks workers.
The case will now go to trial at the NLRB; a hearing before an administrative law judge is scheduled in January. Nationally, the labor relations board’s regional offices have issued more than 30 complaints alleging a range of labor law violations by the company.alleging labor law violations
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