March 02, 2026
A Fifth Circuit judge said on Monday that the timing of Starbucks' firing of a California barista was "pretty extreme" and that management's words about benefits "do matter" as the court weighed the coffee giant's bid to overturn two unfavorable rulings by the National Labor Relations Board.
June 17, 2025
Federal labor law is not a "get-out-of-jail-free card" for union activists who violate an employer's policies, Starbucks argued to the Fifth Circuit, saying the National Labor Relations Board lacked evidence of anti-union bias when concluding the coffee chain illegally fired a barista in California.