06/14/2024

Starbucks Wins Supreme Court Dispute with NLRB over Fired Workers

The labor dispute began in February 2022

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made it more difficult for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks.

The justices tightened the standards for when a federal court should issue an order to protect the jobs of workers during a union organizing campaign.

The court rejected a rule that some courts had applied to orders sought by the National Labor Relations Board in favor of a higher threshold, sought by Starbucks, that must be met in most other fights over court orders, or injunctions.

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