'Just in time for Labor Day, Starbucks secures another spot in the union-busting hall of fame,' says WorkersUnitedNY as New York City sues the global coffee giant for allegedly violating a local labor law by firing a union organizer.
"Just in time for Labor Day, Starbucks secures another spot in the union-busting hall of fame," said one workers' group.Citing violations of its Fair Workweek Law, New York City sued Starbucks on Friday, accusing the company of illegally firing a barista for his union organizing activities.
New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga said the agency filed a case at the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings . The suit alleges that Starbucks violated"just cause" protections of the city's 2017 Fair Workweek Law when the Seattle-based company unlawfullyAustin Locke, a Workers United organizer, on July 5—less than a month after crew members at the Astoria Starbucks where he worked voted to join a union.
"Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organizing," he continued."Starbucks Workers United demands Starbucks rehire all illegally fired workers and put an end to their illegal union-busting campaign."
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