Starbucks loses appeal over union election at Seattle store

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Starbucks loses appeal over union election at Seattle store

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected Starbucks’ claims that an election won by a union at the coffee company’s flagship Seattle store was invalid because it was held via mail ballot during the COVID-19 pandemic. A three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision that said the company, which is facing a nationwide union organizing campaign, must recognize…