04/23/2024

SCOTUS Cnsiders Starbucks’ Challenge to Labor Board’s Authority

The matter relates to an action taken by the coffee giant in 2022

A Starbucks challenge to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) reinstatement of fired baristas will go before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

In 2022, Starbucks fired seven baristas, who were organizing a union at their Memphis coffeehouse. The Seattle-based coffee giant says their move was within their rights under the law, because the workers violated company policy by inviting a TV news crew into the store after hours.

But the NLRB agreed with the workers' claim that Starbucks had fired them for their union activity. A federal judge then approved the agency's request for an order that Starbucks reinstate the workers. An appeals court upheld that decision.

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