Starbucks Illegally Fired Manhattan Supervisor Over Union Activities, Labor Judge Rules July 26, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel Starbucks violated U.S. labor law by firing a Manhattan store supervisor who had organized workers to join a union, a...
US Labor Agency Sues Starbucks Over Treatment of Seattle Workers July 6, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday sued Starbucks SBUX.O over the coffee chain’s refusal to rehire 33 workers as...
Labor Board Judge Rules Amazon Must Reinstate Fired Warehouse Worker April 20, 2022 By Haleluya Hadero A judge has ruled Amazon must reinstate a former warehouse employee who was fired in the early days of the...
Oregon Doughnuts Workers Fired in Heat Wave Getting Jobs Back October 13, 2021 Some workers at Voodoo Doughnuts who were fired during a deadly Pacific Northwest heat wave in June after going on...
Google Confidentiality Agreement Is Unlawful, Claims Employee in Lawsuit December 22, 2016 By Daniel Wiessner A Google Inc. product manager has sued the company, accusing it of unlawfully prohibiting employees from sharing concerns with coworkers,...
McDonald’s to Pay $3.75 Million to California Workers for Back Pay, Damages November 1, 2016 By Daniel Wiessner McDonald’s Corp has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it was liable for labor law violations...
Labor Unions Searching for Strategies to Join the Gig Economy May 24, 2016 By Dan Levine and Daniel Wiessner The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers trumpeted an agreement reached earlier this month to represent New York Uber...
U.S. Chamber Files Suit against Seattle over Uber, Lyft Ordinance March 7, 2016 By Dan Levine and Heather Somerville The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the city of Seattle over an ordinance that allows drivers of ridesharing apps...
College Athlete, Temp Worker Labor Board Cases Could Redefine Employee August 12, 2015 By Jim Snyder U.S. regulators are poised to decide two closely watched cases that have the potential to reshape labor laws by allowing...
NLRB’s McDonald’s Ruling Raising Liability Concerns for Franchise Operators July 31, 2014 By Amanda Becker Under Democratic President Barack Obama, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board has been taking a stance on workplace relations that...