Michigan Judge Rejects Agency’s Bid to Shield Pro-Union Starbucks Workers From Firing February 27, 2023 A federal judge in Detroit on Thursday dealt a blow to a U.S. labor agency by drastically narrowing his recent...
U.S. Appeals Court to Weigh NCAA Case Over Pay for Athletes January 19, 2023 By Maryclaire Dale The NCAA will ask a federal appeals court next month to block a lawsuit that seeks to have athletes treated...
Starbucks Illegally Terminated Union Leader, U.S. Officials Say January 4, 2023 By Josh Eidelson US labor board prosecutors have concluded that Starbucks Corp. illegally forced out a New York barista who has been a...
Key Biden Administration Labor Policies Will Face Legal Challenges in 2023 December 27, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner The Biden administration and a Democrat-led U.S. labor board will implement a series of major employment policies in 2023 but...
Comment to Pro-Union Starbucks’ Worker Was Threat, U.S. Labor Board Alleges October 31, 2022 By Josh Eidelson Starbucks Corp. interim Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz made comments during an April meeting with employees that US labor officials...
Labor Board to Expand Companies’ ‘Joint Employer’ Liability September 7, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. labor board on Tuesday moved to make it easier for workers and unions to hold companies liable for...
Starbucks Seeks to Pause Union Elections at U.S. Cafes, Claims Misconduct August 15, 2022 By Hilary Russ Starbucks on Monday accused the federal labor board overseeing union elections at its U.S. cafes of misconduct and asked for...
Court Says Federal Law Preempts, Tosses New York Suit Over Amazon Worker Safety May 11, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc. of failing...
U.S. Labor Board Accuses Starbucks in Buffalo of Retaliatory Firings May 10, 2022 By Josh Eidelson Starbucks Corp. violated federal law by firing, threatening, and carrying out surveillance on union activists in New York, U.S. labor...
McDonald’s Beats Back Challenge to Settlement With U.S. Labor Agency April 25, 2022 McDonald’s Corp. on Friday defeated a union-backed organizing group’s challenge to a settlement with a U.S. labor agency over claims...