June 01, 2026
A Fifth Circuit judge probed Starbucks' labor philosophy Monday in its appeal of a National Labor Relations Board ruling that it stifled workers' rights in a smothering response to an organizing explosion in upstate New York five years ago, asking the company's attorney why it doesn't want unions.
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.