The Supreme Court has concurred to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a disagreement with the National Labor Relations Board over employees who were attempting to unionize a shop in Memphis, Tennessee
ByThe Associated Press
January 12, 2024, 6: 24 PM
FILE – Starbucks workers and advocates link arms throughout a union election watch celebration Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. The Supreme Court on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 concurred to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a conflict with the National Labor Relations Board over efforts by employees to unionize at a shop in Memphis, Tennessee.(AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday concurred to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a disagreement with the National Labor Relations Board over efforts by employees to unionize at a shop in Memphis, Tennessee.
The case hasactually been amongst the most carefully viewed in the more than 2-year-old effort to unionize Starbucks’ company-owned U.S. shops.
Starbucks fired 7 staffmembers in Memphis in February 2022, pointingout security. The Seattle coffee giant stated they breached business policy by resuming a shop after closing time and welcoming non-employees — consistingof a tv team — to come inside and relocation throughout the shop.
But the NLRB steppedin, stating the business was unlawfully interfering in employees’ right to arrange and that the shop had consistently permitted staffmembers to collect there after closing time. The NLRB asked a federal judge for an instant injunction needing Starbucks to restore the employees.
In August 2022, a federal judge