Starbucks Illegally Refused Union Contract Talks at 21 Cafes, NLRB Says
- Union has more pending complaints regarding other locations
- Company says it is ‘prepared to bargain in good faith’
Unionized workers strike outside a Starbucks location in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Starbucks Corp. has illegally refused to negotiate at 21 recently unionized cafes in Washington state and Oregon, US labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint.
In a Tuesday filing on behalf of the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel, the agency’s Seattle regional director wrote that Starbucks “has been failing and refusing to bargain collectively” in cities including Portland and Seattle, the coffee giant’s hometown.