Starbucks Loses Bid to Axe Seattle Union Mail-In Election (1)

A National Labor Relations Board official correctly ordered a mail-in election at Starbucks’ Seattle Roastery, a federal appeals panel ruled.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a 2022 NLRB ruling ordering the coffee giant to bargain with Starbucks Workers United after the union won a mail-in election at the mega-cafe.

Workers at the roastery voted for union representation in April 2022, but the company alleged that NLRB Regional Director Ronald Hooks skewed the results by calling for a mail-in election instead of an in-person one because area Covid-19 case rates didn’t require such a ...