STARBUCKS ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY SUPPRESSING UNION ACTIVITY LABOR BOARD TO EXAMINE WHETHER LAWS WERE VIOLATED.(Business)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: April 4, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: P-I STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

The National Labor Relations Board set a hearing into whether Starbucks Corp. illegally kept workers from unionizing at four of its Manhattan coffee shops.

The labor board alleged that Seattle-based Starbucks violated labor laws 30 times by "engaging in unfair labor practices," based on a complaint filed by the Industrial Workers of the World.

The Washington-based labor board said 11 managers at New York Starbucks were involved in firing two workers who supported unionizing, threatening to fire others and prohibiting "employees from ...

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