Sixth Cir. Judges Conflicted on NLRB Remedies in Starbucks Case

Arguments by Starbucks Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board shouldn’t be able to order monetary compensation for the consequences of an employer’s unfair labor practices appeared to split judges on a federal appeals court panel.

The coffee giant urged the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in oral arguments Thursday to vacate a 2023 board decision that found it had illegally fired a Michigan organizer and ordered the company to pay for “all direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms” stemming from the violation.

The court appearance presented another opportunity for Starbucks to take aim at the NLRB’s 2022 ...