Starbucks loses appeal, will rehire 7 fired Memphis workers
Source: AP
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Starbucks said Wednesday it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to unionize their Memphis store.
The seven will get their jobs back after the Seattle-based coffee giant lost an appeal of a lower courts order to reinstate them.
Starbucks said the employees violated company policy by reopening the store after closing time and inviting non-employees including a television crew to come inside.
But the National Labor Relations Board disagreed with Starbucks action, saying it was interfering with workers right to organize, and it asked a federal court in Memphis to intervene. Last month, a federal judge ordered Starbucks to reinstate the workers within five days while the court considers the labor boards lawsuit.
FILE - A group of fired Starbucks employees celebrate the result of a vote to unionize one of the coffee company's locations on June 7, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. Starbucks says it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to unionize their Memphis store. The seven will get their jobs back after the Seattle-based coffee giant lost an appeal of a lower courts order to reinstate them. Starbucks says the workers violated company policy by reopening the store after closing time and inviting a television crew inside. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)
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IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)and bargain for better benefits.
ificandream
(9,372 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,806 posts)Wonder how employee/management relations will feel after this?
Magoo48
(4,709 posts)IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,816 posts)Great news!