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Jaclyn Diaz

Starbucks must rehire 7 Memphis employees who supported a union, a judge says

A customer makes a purchase at a Starbucks coffee shop. (Matt Rourke/AP)

A federal judge in Tennessee has ordered Starbucks to offer to reinstate seven fired baristas following a union organizing drive at a store in Memphis.

The employees, referred to as the Memphis Seven, were fired following an in-store media interview about the store's organizing efforts earlier this year. Starbucks said this violated company policy, but the union, Starbucks Workers United, claims this was all in retaliation for the union drive.

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