Starbucks Ordered to Rehire Two Illegally Fired Union Organizers

Starbucks Corp. must rehire two workers in Illinois and New York after separate National Labor Relations Board judges found the company illegally fired them for their activities with the union.

NLRB Administrative Law Judge Sarah Karpinen held Friday that the global coffeehouse chain broke the National Labor Relations Act multiple times while baristas tried to organize a cafe in Wilmette, Ill., in 2022.

The decisions are the latest in a growing wave of ALJ rulings against the coffee giant. The NLRB’s judges have found labor law violations in 48 out of 49 rulings, including illegally threatening and firing over 60 ...