October 27, 2026
Business groups have urged the Fifth Circuit to rehear a panel decision finding that Starbucks unlawfully cracked down on a union campaign in upstate New York, claiming the decision creates a problem for employers seeking to resolve alleged workplace issues they discovered due to union activity.
October 20, 2026
Starbucks has urged the full Fifth Circuit to rehear a recent panel decision finding that the coffee chain engaged in multiple federal labor law violations to suppress a union campaign in Upstate New York, claiming the decision conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court and circuit court precedent.
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.