But coffee giant violates labor laws by refusing to negotiate with workers via videoconference, says NLRB

Labour negotiations have also jumped into the hybrid model, and Starbucks does not like it, according to a report.

The coffee giant has asked the Starbucks Workers United to come to the bargaining table in person, but the union representing thousands of U.S. baristas at about 200 cafes is insisting on hybrid negotiations, according to the employer.

"Workers United is asking for a seat at the table, we're simply encouraging them take their seat in-person at the negotiating table, as required, to move the bargaining process forward," Starbucks said in the Reuters report.

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) prosecutors, however, have earlier said that the company violated labor law by refusing to participate in collective bargaining sessions at dozens of newly unionized cafes across the country if some workers were present via video-conference, Reuters earlier reported, citing a writeup from Bloomberg.

Just last week, Starbucks workers at over 100 US locations walked off the job to protest the employer’s anti-union efforts.

"Now that it's clear we have the right to bargain using a virtual component, we hope Starbucks is ready, too," Tyler Keeling, a leader of the Starbucks Workers United in California said in the Reuters report.

This comes before former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...

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