[KARAH RUCKER]
STARBUCKS IS FACING ACCUSATIONS THAT COULD COST IT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ACCUSED THE COFFEE CHAIN THURSDAY OF CUTTING WORKERS HOURS AT NEARLY 300 UNIONIZED STORES WITHOUT CONSULTING UNION OFFICIALS.
ONCE A BUSINESS IS UNIONIZED IT’S TYPICALLY ILLEGAL FOR EMPLOYERS TO CHANGE PAY OR SCHEDULING WITHOUT NEGOTIATING FIRST.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS REQUEST STARBUCKS PAY THE WAGES AND BENEFITS OWED TO THE EMPLOYEES IF THEIR HOURS HAD NOT BEEN SLASHED.
LAWYERS SAY SOME WORKERS LOST HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCED HOURS.
AS MANY AS EIGHT THOUSAND EMPLOYEES COULD BE COVERED IN THE COMPLAINT THAT COVERS LATE 2022 AND EARLY 2023. DAMAGES COULD REPORTEDLY BE MORE THAN 30 MILLION DOLLARS.
WHEN THE LABOR BOARD FILES A COMPLAINT IT REPORTEDLY SHOWS THE FEDS FOUND MERIT WITH WORKERS COMPLAINTS AND A TRIAL COULD ENSUE UNLESS A SETTLEMENT IS REACHED.
STARBUCKS HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE COMPLAINT AS OF THE PUBLISHING OF THIS REPORT.
EMPLOYEES OF STARBUCKS HAVE ACCUSED THE COMPANY IN THE PAST OF BEING ANTI-UNION AND USING UNDERHANDED TACTICS TO PREVENT UNIONIZING BY EMPLOYEES.
WORKERS AT 500 STARBUCKS NATIONWIDE HAVE JOINED THE WORKERS UNITED UNION SINCE 2021.
THE COMPANY AND UNION ARE REPORTEDLY MAKING GROUND TOWARD A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
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