November 12, 2025
A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Wednesday of the revised test underlying the National Labor Relations Board's ruling that Starbucks illegally forbade roastery workers to wear union T-shirts but appeared to buy that the agency's reviews of employers' dress codes generally deserve deference.
July 23, 2025
The National Labor Relations Board was right to clear the way for workers at a Starbucks Reserve Roastery in New York City to wear multiple union pins, Workers United told the Second Circuit, asking the court to preserve the board's invalidation of the roastery's one-pin rule.
July 15, 2025
The National Labor Relations Board defended Tuesday its conclusions that a policy preventing workers from wearing multiple union pins at the Starbucks New York City Roastery is unlawful, telling the Second Circuit that the court's 2012 decision upholding a one-button rule isn't applicable.
April 16, 2025
The Second Circuit must reverse a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that barring employees at a Manhattan Starbucks from wearing more than one union pin is illegal, the coffee giant argued, saying the board ignored a 2012 ruling from the same appeals court upholding the policy.