November 21, 2022
Starbucks did not violate federal labor law when it increased workers' wages in January, fired workers involved in union activity, hosted "listening sessions" to hear workers' concerns or staffed stores with more supervisors, the company told a National Labor Relations Board judge in a sprawling, 200-plus page brief.
October 27, 2022
A federal court paused proceedings Thursday in a bid by National Labor Relations Board prosecutors for an injunction against Starbucks, after a union representing Starbucks workers said it plans to take the company's request to sanction the union to the Second Circuit.
October 21, 2022
The Second Circuit this week will hear a dispute over a former New York hospital worker's lawsuit claiming he was retaliated against and ultimately fired after he reported that he had been misclassified as exempt from overtime. Here, Law360 looks at that case and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in the Empire State.
October 07, 2022
Workers United can't intervene in the National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' nationwide injunction bid against Starbucks out of Buffalo, New York, a federal judge ruled, permitting the union to file an amicus brief instead.
September 07, 2022
Workers United should not be allowed to intervene in National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' nationwide injunction bid, Starbucks told a New York federal judge, saying the union doesn't have a legal interest in the proceeding.
September 02, 2022
In the next week, a New York federal judge will hold a hearing to consider whether additional discovery is necessary in the National Labor Relations Board's lawsuit accusing Starbucks of widespread labor law violations during the early stages of what has become a nationwide union campaign. Here, Law360 looks at that case and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in the state.
August 25, 2022
Workers United urged a New York federal judge on Thursday to allow the union to intervene in National Labor Relations Board attorneys' nationwide injunction bid against Starbucks, arguing that the labor organization has a unique and "substantial legal interest" in the case.
August 05, 2022
National Labor Relations Board attorneys may present evidence in an administrative hearing related to the general counsel's bid for a nationwide injunction against Starbucks in New York federal court, the board ruled, saying the company didn't show how an agency judge's decision on the evidence was improper.
July 12, 2022
NLRB prosecutors and Starbucks continue quibbling over evidence in the general counsel's high-profile bid for a nationwide labor injunction to stop the coffee chain from disrupting union organizing campaigns, with the company arguing that federal labor law bars the presentation of this evidence in the administrative proceeding.
June 30, 2022
A New York federal judge paused discovery Thursday in National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' high-profile case seeking a nationwide labor injunction preventing Starbucks from interfering with organizing campaigns, saying he'll hold off on receiving evidence until an administrative judge hears the case first.