The NLRB says Starbucks interfered with, restrained and coerced employees seeking to unionize in various ways.
The NLRB regional office's complaint encompasses months' worth of charges the union made against the company. Starbucks will have an opportunity to respond to the accusations.
To remedy the allegations, the NLRB's general counsel seeks reinstatement of workers and to have either Schultz or Rossann Williams, executive vice president of Starbucks North Americas, hold a meeting with employees, union and government representatives present. At the meeting, which is to be videotaped and distributed, an official would read a notice of employee's rights.
"Starbucks has been saying that no union-busting ever occurred in Buffalo. Today, the NLRB sets the record straight. The complaint confirms the extent and depravity of Starbucks' conduct in Western New York for the better part of a year," Starbucks Workers United said in a statement."Starbucks will be held accountable for the union-busting minefield they forced workers to walk through in fighting for their right to organize.
The baristas' union push received more exposure Thursday when the White House hosted leaders from organizing campaigns at Starbucks and other companies such as Amazon. Starbucks wrote to the White House asking for a meeting of its own, calling the event"deeply concerning," as it says the majority of its
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