February 27, 2024
Starbucks urged a Pennsylvania federal court to toss claims that it defamed a union by framing it as favoring violence and terrorism, arguing that the challenged statements were expressions of opinion that could not be disproved and thus could not be defamatory.
February 13, 2024
Workers United accused Starbucks of posting statements with actual malice that relate to the union's now-deleted tweet saying "Solidarity with Palestine," telling a Pennsylvania federal court that the coffee chain implied that the union "committed a felony."
October 19, 2023
Starbucks Corp. alleged Wednesday that the union representing its baristas hijacked its name and logos, leading to calls for a boycott against the coffee giant following union tweets supporting Palestine, while the union claimed that Starbucks falsely accused it of supporting terrorism as part of its ongoing anti-union campaign.