Starbucks Illegally Asked Cops to Disperse Staff, Judge Says (2)

Starbucks Corp. violated federal law in Kansas and Missouri by firing pro-union employees, stepping up enforcement of its dress code in response to union organizing and asking for police to disperse workers with picket signs, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Wednesday.

The agency judge’s decision requires Starbucks to offer reinstatement with back pay to four employees, and to cease making anti-union threats. It says Starbucks also must post a notice informing workers that the government found it broke the law, and promising not to do so again.

Starbucks said Wednesday that the terminated employees violated numerous company policies. ...