September 02, 2026
The Second Circuit faulted the test the National Labor Relations Board applies to neutral dress codes that restrict workers' displays of union insignia, tossing Wednesday a ruling that Starbucks illegally barred workers at a Manhattan shop from wearing pro-union shirts.
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 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.