The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Thursday with Starbucks, in the coffee chain’s challenge to a judicial order to rehire seven Memphis employees fired as they sought to unionize in a ruling that could make it harder for courts to quickly halt labor practices contested as unfair under federal law.
The justices threw out a lower court’s approval of an injunction sought by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordering Starbucks to reinstate the workers while the agency’s in-house administrative case against the Seattle-based company proceeds.
Hundreds of complaints have been filed with the NLRB accusing Starbucks of unlawful labor practices such as firing union supporters, spying on workers and closing stores during labor campaigns. Starbucks has denied wrongdoing and said it respects the right of workers to choose whether to unionize.
8-0, with a concurrence from Ketanji Brown Jackson.
There’s always been a conservative supermajority
Understand this, bourgeois, the NLRB is a compromise that was created for your own protection too.
incredibly boomer comic but relevant
transcript
Rat (at home): Hey hey hey… who are you guys?
Employee: We’re from Starbicks. We’re opening a cafe in your living room.
Rat: Whoa whoa whoa you can’t do that.
Employee: Oh really? Who’s gonna stop us?
Rat: The cops. I’ll call the cops. Their station’s right across the street.
Employee: Look out your window.
Pig (looking out): It’s a Starbicks.
(employee gives a menacing grin to a displeased Rat)
Pig (outside on front steps with Rat): Maybe they’ll still let us sleep here.
Customer: Hey! Fellas! Y’mind? I’m trying to get a latte.Starbucks has denied wrongdoing and said it respects the right of workers to choose whether to unionize.
Adding, “Just make sure you choose correct, buddy”.
