The US government’s labour board filed a wide-ranging complaint against Starbucks management for dozens of alleged violations of federal labour laws, including firing workers trying to unionise and closing stores in retaliation for supporting the union campaign.
A sweeping complaint issued by a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board in Buffalo, New York on 6 May follows a high-profile union effort among Starbucks workers at the coffee giant’s corporate-run stores across the US, which has been met with significant opposition from company leadership.
