M. McKinney v. Starbucks Corporation

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Case Number:

22-5730

Court:

Appellate - 6th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

1720 Labor: Labor/Mgt. Relations

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  1. July 17, 2024

    'Memphis 7' Case Sent Back To Judge After High Court Ruling

    The National Labor Relations Board official who won reinstatement for the Memphis 7 — seven worker-organizers fired from a Tennessee Starbucks — must go back to the drawing board now that the U.S. Supreme Court used the case to change the standard for dispensing injunctions, the Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday.

  2. January 01, 2024

    Retail Cases To Watch In 2024

    A wide variety of cases are likely to keep retail industry attorneys busy in 2024, including high-profile antitrust actions against Amazon and Google, a growing number of greenwashing disputes, and skirmishes between major retailers and their increasingly unionized workforces.

  3. August 08, 2023

    6th Circ. Backs Order For Starbucks To Rehire 'Memphis 7'

    Starbucks' decision to fire seven pro-union workers at a Memphis, Tennessee, store had a high likelihood of chilling organizing activity, the Sixth Circuit said Tuesday, ruling that a Tennessee federal judge was correct to compel the company to rehire the so-called Memphis 7.

  4. May 04, 2023

    NLRB Starbucks 'Memphis 7' Case Gets Icy 6th Circ. Reception

    A Sixth Circuit judge appeared sympathetic Thursday to Starbucks Corp.'s bid to undo an order forcing the coffee chain to rehire seven union activists at a Memphis, Tennessee, store, with the judge seemingly unconvinced that the firings affected union support.

  5. January 30, 2023

    Starbucks Tells 6th Circ. Speculation Can't Back Rehire Order

    A district court wrongly based its order to reinstate seven fired Starbucks workers in Memphis, Tennessee, on speculative evidence about effects to bargaining, the coffee chain told the Sixth Circuit, arguing Workers United's representation election win at the shop makes an injunction unwarranted.

  6. January 13, 2023

    Union Asks 6th Circ. To Back Starbucks 'Memphis 7' Order

    Workers United asked the Sixth Circuit to uphold a lower court order requiring Starbucks to rehire a group of activists known as the Memphis Seven, saying the fact that the union won its election at the workers' store does not minimize the damage the firings did to union support.

  7. January 05, 2023

    NLRB Backs Starbucks Memphis 7 Rehire Order At 6th Circ.

    The National Labor Relations Board urged the Sixth Circuit on Thursday to uphold a court order making Starbucks rehire seven workers fired from a Memphis store, saying a Tennessee federal judge rightly found their "outstandingly brazen" firings eroded union support.

  8. December 13, 2022

    Starbucks Asks 6th Circ. To Undo Memphis 7 Rehire Order

    Starbucks urged the Sixth Circuit to reverse an order requiring the coffee chain to reinstate seven union supporters at a Memphis shop who were fired this year, arguing that the evidence backing a lower court's ruling doesn't show the union lost support among workers.

  9. September 07, 2022

    Starbucks Must Rehire Memphis 7 After 6th Circ. Lifts Stay

    Starbucks must offer to reinstate seven Memphis workers who were allegedly fired for their union activities, after the Sixth Circuit concluded that the company had not shown it was likely to win an appeal of a lower court's order calling for the workers to be rehired.

  10. August 24, 2022

    6th Circ. Pauses Order For Starbucks To Rehire Memphis 7

    The Sixth Circuit stayed an order that Starbucks rehire seven fired union backers at a Memphis store while it mulls the company's objections to the National Labor Relations Board's injunction win last week.