NLRB Asks 3d Cir. to Enforce Rehire Orders at Philly Starbucks

The National Labor Relations Board is again going to a federal appeals court to enforce an order, this time to reinstate and give back pay to two Philadelphia Starbucks Corp. baristas whom the board found were illegally fired.

The agency filed its application for enforcement with the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Wednesday, asking the court to uphold the board’s February decision finding the coffee giant unlawfully fired two workers and committed other unfair labor practices in order to disrupt a unionization drive at two Philadelphia stores in 2019 and 2020.

Starbucks managers illegally threatened, surveilled, ...