A judge on the U.S. National Labor Relations Board is ordering Starbucks and its CEO Howard Schultz to agree—on camera—not to suppress union activity, after ruling the coffee company illegally tried to suppress labor organizing in its Buffalo stores.
On Wednesday, Michael Rosas, a judge on the NLRB, ruled that Starbucks had displayed “egregious and widespread misconduct demonstrating a general disregard for the employees’ fundamental rights,” and issued a broad order forcing the coffee company to take nationwide action.
