Punching In: Starbucks Union Suit Paused Over Subpoena Dispute

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Robert Iafolla: A legal battle between Starbucks Corp. and the National Labor Relations Board that’s been brewing in a Buffalo federal courthouse since June was moved to the backburner while a union attempts to protect its organizing plans from company subpoenas.

Judge John Sinatra, a Trump appointee to the Western District of New York, paused litigation late last week over an NLRB regional director’s request for an injunction against Starbucks, taking a November trial off the calendar.

Sinatra halted the case while Starbucks Workers United files ...