US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers

Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in fight after 'Memphis 7' union plot

The Supreme Court sided with the coffee corporation in a blow to the National Labor Relations Board, curbing its authority on labor regulations.

Supreme Court legitimizes corporate attack on Starbucks workers

WASHINGTON—By an 8-1 vote, the Supreme Court curbed the National Labor Relations Board’s toughest tool against labor law-breakers: Getting so-called 10(j) injunctions when traditional punishments aren’t enough to make injured workers whole. The decision, written by the leader of the court’s Republican-named right-wing, Clarence Thomas, gave Starbucks and the corporate class a victory over workers and the board. The monster coffee chain sued the …

Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in case over fired union organizers — and other labor news • Minnesota Reformer

A Starbucks store at 5351 Lyndale Ave. in Minneapolis. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Supreme Court sides with Starbucks; nursing home workers call off strike; problems with the frontline worker pay program; where the Windom workers are now; the loudest union critic of the Twin Cities; and workers at Kim’s to vote on unionizing.  Suprem…

Supreme Court, in Starbucks ruling, curbs labor regulator’s authority - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday in a challenge against a labor ruling by a federal judge, making it more difficult for a key federal agency to intervene when a company is accused of illegally suppressing labor organizing.

Court backs Starbucks against labor board

WASHINGTON — In a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks, the U.S. Supreme Court made it harder Thursday for the federal government to win court orders to protect jobs of workers when it suspects a company of…

US Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in Memphis Unionisation case

Starbucks wins Supreme Court battle over rehiring fired workers On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favour of Starbucks in a major labour case, overturning a lower court's order to restore seven Memphis employees who were fired while attempting to unionise. The unanimous decision may make it more difficult for courts to intervene quickly in suspected unfair labour practices under federal law. Judicial order overturned