Starbucks Illegally Fired 6 NY Union Activists, Judge Rules (3)

Starbucks Corp. illegally fired six employees in New York State as part of an anti-union “reign of coercion,” a US National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Wednesday.

The judge wrote that Starbucks had committed hundreds of violations of federal law at its cafes in the Buffalo and Rochester areas, “demonstrating a general disregard for the employees’ fundamental rights.”

As part of the ruling, the judge said Starbucks should be ordered to recognize a union at its store in Hamburg, New York, despite a previous union loss, because of its “egregious and widespread misconduct.”

Starbucks threatened and interrogated workers, restricted discussion ...