Union claims Starbucks illegally closing cafe to retaliate, Bloomberg reports

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Original reporting: Starbucks Illegally Closing N.Y. Cafe to Retaliate, Union Claims (Bloomberg)

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Source: CNBC

Union claims Starbucks illegally closing cafe to retaliate, Bloomberg reports

PUBLISHED SAT, JUN 4 2022 1:07 PM EDT UPDATED 46 MIN AGO

Jessica Bursztynsky
@JBURSZ

The workers union at Starbucks is claiming the coffee chain is shutting down a recently unionized cafe in retaliation for its activist efforts, Bloomberg News reported.

It’s the latest escalation between a rapidly growing national labor movement and the coffee giant.

Workers United, the union that’s backing organizing efforts at Starbucks, reportedly said in a Friday filing with the National Labor Relations Board that Starbucks is violating federal labor law by permanently closing an Ithaca, New York, store. The group alleged it was in retaliation since employees at the location voted to unionize in April, according to the organization’s Twitter account.

Starbucks said that it opens and closes stores “as a regular part” of its operations. “Our goal is to ensure that every partner is supported in their individual situation, and we have immediate opportunities available in the market,” a Starbucks spokesperson said in an email to CNBC.

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