" #Starbucks loses court challenge against order to rehire #union supporters - Judge writes: ‘Fear of retaliation will exist unless #Memphis seven, apparently terminated for their union support, are reinstated’"

"A US appeals court on Tuesday rejected Starbucks Corp’s challenge to a ruling requiring the coffee chain to rehire seven employees at a Memphis, #tennessee store who were allegedly fired for supporting a union. The decision by the Ohio-based sixth US circuit court of appeals is the first from an appeals court involving a nationwide campaign that has seen workers at more than 300 Starbucks locations vote to unionize.

A three-judge panel said that by firing the workers last year, Starbucks likely discouraged other employees from exercising their rights under US labor law.

“Fear of retaliation will exist unless the Memphis Seven, apparently terminated for their union support, are reinstated,” circuit judge Danny Boggs wrote for the court.

The decision could embolden the National Labor Relations Board, which enforces US labor law, to use the courts to aggressively police Starbucks’ labor practices as they also come under scrutiny from shareholders and the US Congress."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/08/starbucks-ordered-rehire-workers-fired-during-union-campaign

#NLRB #Unions #UnionBusting #Labor #WorkersRights #US #USPolitics #MemphisSeven #Workers @rbreich