February 13, 2023
Starbucks has asked a New York federal judge to pause a case accusing it of undermining a Long Island store's unionization efforts, saying its ability to access workers' communications as part of its fight against the litigation depends on a forthcoming Second Circuit decision.
January 27, 2023
Counsel for Starbucks Workers United told a Brooklyn federal judge that the coffee giant's requests for employee communications is part of a "much bigger" strategy to interrogate, intimidate and retaliate against workers who support a nationwide unionization push.
January 17, 2023
Starbucks called on a New York federal judge to shut down the National Labor Relations Board general counsel's attempt to avoid subpoenas seeking communications about organizing between the union, workers and the media, saying the board attorneys' arguments are "brash" and repetitive.
January 13, 2023
A federal magistrate judge has approved a protective order shielding some information produced in discovery as part of a National Labor Relations Board lawsuit seeking an order requiring Starbucks to bargain with a union.
January 10, 2023
Starbucks and NLRB prosecutors filed a joint protective order request in New York federal court for information brought to discovery in agency attorneys' injunction bid seeking a bargaining order at a store and a nationwide cease and desist mandate against firing union backers.
December 16, 2022
This week, a New York federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments in a construction workers union's bid to dismiss a lawsuit that a former union staff member filed claiming he was fired during a retaliation campaign launched by another union officer. Here, Law360 looks at that case and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in the state.
November 30, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board's Brooklyn, New York, office requested a temporary injunction Wednesday against Starbucks, seeking multiple remedies for the company's alleged threats against unionizing workers at a Long Island store, such as a bargaining order and nationwide cease and desist mandate against firing union supporters.