September 08, 2026
The Fifth Circuit backed most of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that Starbucks engaged in a host of federal labor law violations to suppress a union campaign in upstate New York, ruling that the board's findings are supported by "substantial evidence" presented in the case.
June 01, 2026
A Fifth Circuit judge probed Starbucks' labor philosophy Monday in its appeal of a National Labor Relations Board ruling that it stifled workers' rights in a smothering response to an organizing explosion in upstate New York five years ago, asking the company's attorney why it doesn't want unions.
December 18, 2025
Starbucks Workers United has urged the Fifth Circuit to enforce a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Starbucks tried to thwart the union's campaign efforts in Buffalo area stores, arguing that the board's findings show "widespread, persistent, and deliberate violations" of the National Labor Relations Act.
July 17, 2025
Starbucks disputed the National Labor Relations Board's finding that it committed a torrent of labor violations by micromanaging its Buffalo-area stores following the first burst of union organizing there, framing its response to the nascent campaign as routine management in a brief to the Fifth Circuit.