The labor board said Starbucks used managers to monitor workers and discourage union activity and closed stores with active organizing drives, among other 'illegal tactics'
By Kate GibsonThe National Labor Relations Board is asking a federal court to order Starbucks to stop using what the federal agency calls an"array of illegal tactics" aimed at workers involved in unionization efforts at the coffee chain's stores.
The NLRB's petition, filed Tuesday in a U.S. District Court in western New York, is the board's third against the company since workers at a Starbucks store in Buffalo — a first for the retailer's nearly 10,000 company-owned stores in the U.S. At least 151 stores have since voted to unionize, and more than 289 stores have filed with the NLRB to hold elections.
Starbucks opposes the unionization effort, arguing the company runs better when dealing directly with its employees. But it has consistently rejected claims it uses unlawful tactics aimed at discouraging workers from trying to organize. "As we have said previously, we believe these claims are false and will be prepared to defend our case," a spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch in an email.
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