Starbucks, Amazon Fight DOL Over Details of Anti-Union Spending

Two of the nation’s largest corporations, Amazon.com Inc. and Starbucks Corp., are fighting what they say are efforts by the US Labor Department and unions to illegally expand businesses’ requirements to report cash they spend to oppose organizing.

Both companies say subpoenas issued in recent months by the DOL’s Office of Labor Management Standards seeking information about travel and other costs related to anti-union activity go beyond disclosures that are required by law.

Now, attorneys for Amazon are daring the agency to take enforcement action against them if they want the information, saying the agency should defend the legality ...