Starbucks rejects the claims.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said earlier this month that the company is "being assaulted, in many ways, by the threat of unionization,"The NLRB alleges that Starbucks "disciplined, suspended, and discharged one employee, constructively discharged another, and placed a third on an unpaid leave of absence after revoking recently granted accommodations," according toSunday that the company had "filed two unfair labor practice charges against the union Workers United to...
"The faith of Starbucks employees nationwide in workplace democracy will not be restored unless these employees are immediately reinstated under the protection of a federal court order." A Workers United spokesperson accused Starbucks of "grasping at straws" with its claims against the union while "launching an unprecedented and aggressive anti-union campaign against workers, including terminating over 19 union leaders across the country," per NPR.Starbucks said in a statement to news outlets including Axios on Sunday that it "wholly" disagreed with the the labor board's claims, outlined in the lawsuit.
"These partners were terminated because they violated our established policies. In some instances, they also violated state law," Starbucks said of the workers. "A partner's interest in union representation does not exempt them from the standards we've put in place to protect partners, customers, and the communities that we serve."Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect Starbucks' comment to Axios.
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