May 20, 2022
A Tennessee federal judge agreed with Starbucks that Workers United's participation in the company's dispute with the National Labor Relations Board over seven Memphis workers' terminations should be limited to filing an amicus brief, denying the union's motion to intervene in the litigation.
May 19, 2022
Starbucks Corp. has urged a Tennessee federal judge to deny Workers United's request to insert itself into the company's battle with the National Labor Relations Board over whether firing seven Memphis-based employees was legal, saying the union's participation, if any, should be limited to a traditional amicus brief.
May 13, 2022
Workers United urged a Tennessee federal judge Friday to permit its intervention in the NLRB general counsel's injunction bid seeking to reinstate more than half a dozen former Starbucks Corp. employees known as the Memphis 7, arguing that board attorneys may not holistically represent the union's interests in court.
May 10, 2022
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors sued Starbucks in Tennessee federal court Tuesday, seeking a rare court order forcing the company to immediately rehire a group of fired union activists known as the Memphis 7.