Starbucks Says It Filed Complaints Against Union With NLRB

Starbucks Corp. filed two complaints with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board alleging unfair practices by labor organizers toward workers and what it calls “an increase in nefarious behavior.”

The coffee chain says individuals associated with Workers United, which is leading unionization efforts, limited access to stores in Arizona and Colorado and threatened workers for not supporting the labor drive. They also yelled profanities, surrounded stores and pounded on windows, according to the complaints and a letter from Rossann Williams, the company’s North American president.