January 17, 2023
Starbucks called on a New York federal judge to shut down the National Labor Relations Board general counsel's attempt to avoid subpoenas seeking communications about organizing between the union, workers and the media, saying the board attorneys' arguments are "brash" and repetitive.
January 09, 2023
A New York federal judge squashed bids from the NLRB general counsel and Workers United for more time to challenge a subpoena order requiring the union to submit its communications with workers, saying the parties didn't update him on the union's Second Circuit appeal.
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.