Starbucks Demands Mail-In Union Elections Be Halted, Alleging Misconduct – By Dave Jamieson (Huffpost) / Aug 15, 2022
The union said it’s just sour grapes: “Workers have spoken loud and clear.”
Facing a nationwide unionization campaign, Starbucks has accused officials at the National Labor Relations Board of “tipping the scales” in the union’s favor, and has asked that all mail-in elections for its stores be put on hold for an investigation.
In a letter to the labor board’s chair and general counsel on Monday, the Seattle-based coffee chain claimed that board officials unfairly swayed the outcome of a union election in Overland Park, Kansas, earlier this year. Starbucks says the officials helped workers submit their votes in person at a board office even though the election was to be done exclusively by mail.
Starbucks also accused board officials of an “absence of neutrality” as they pursued unfair labor practice charges against the company. The labor board’s regional offices have issued 19 complaints against Starbucks involving dozens of instances where union supporters say the company targeted or retaliated against them for trying to organize, including in Overland Park.
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