Starbucks Illegally Fired 6 New York Union Activists, Judge Rules

  • NLRB judge cites ‘egregious and widespread misconduct’
  • Coffee chain has denied it’s engaged in anti-union activity
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Starbucks Corp. illegally fired six employees in New York State as part of an anti-union “reign of coercion,” a US National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Wednesday.

The judge wrote that Starbucks had committed hundreds of violations of federal law at its cafes in the Buffalo and Rochester areas, “demonstrating a general disregard for the employees’ fundamental rights.”