Punching In: ‘Other’ Starbucks Case Could Boost Union Efforts
Litigation over Starbucks’ alleged labor law violations arising from the nationwide union campaign is in its early stages. But the National Labor Relations Board is set to hear an older case alleging that Starbucks unlawfully surveilled, interrogated, and retaliated against workers at a Philadelphia store in order to stymie organizing there. The case gives the NLRB a shot at opining on a defense to back pay and reinstatement—that the employer discovered prior evidence of worker misconduct after the allegedly retaliatory termination.
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