Starbucks Unlawfully Delayed Giving Info to Union, NLRB Says (1)

Starbucks Corp. violated federal labor law with its unreasonable delay in providing information related to the temporary, short-term closure of a New Jersey store to its workers’ union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

The NLRB on Thursday affirmed an administrative law judge’s 2023 ruling that the delay in providing information—which the union sought as part of bargaining over the effects of the store closure—ran afoul of the National Labor Relations Act.

Starbucks Workers United asked for information on schedules, hours worked, previous unscheduled closings, and historical closure information. The company didn’t begin fulfilling the request until nearly 12 weeks ...