December 18, 2025
Starbucks Workers United has urged the Fifth Circuit to enforce a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Starbucks tried to thwart the union's campaign efforts in Buffalo area stores, arguing that the board's findings show "widespread, persistent, and deliberate violations" of the National Labor Relations Act.
July 17, 2025
Starbucks disputed the National Labor Relations Board's finding that it committed a torrent of labor violations by micromanaging its Buffalo-area stores following the first burst of union organizing there, framing its response to the nascent campaign as routine management in a brief to the Fifth Circuit.