Big Starbucks Ruling Gives NLRB Chance to Flex Its Remedy Muscle

Starbucks Corp. and other companies are on notice that, with a sweeping ruling from a judge last week, the National Labor Relations Board is signaling its willingness to ramp up its remedy powers and curb what it sees as employers’ attempts to flout labor law.

Administrative Law Judge Michael Rosas found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor law violations from the very inception of the Starbucks Workers United campaign to organize stores in 2021. He concluded in a 204-page decision that Starbucks illegally suppressed workers’ rights at 21 stores in western New York by intimidating them, withholding benefits, firing organizers, ...