On the heels of historic Volkswagen union vote, Starbucks asks Supreme Court to curb labor's power

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Source: USA Today

Published 5:01 a.m. ET April 20, 2024 | Updated 11:24 a.m. ET April 20, 2024


WASHINGTON - On the heels of a landmark vote to unionize a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee, unions will face another battle next week when the Supreme Court hears arguments in a labor fight at Starbucks.

The global coffee giant is asking the Supreme Court to require a stricter test for when courts can step in and protect union organizers who are fired or punished.

The focus on labor unions, whose power in the workplace had dwindled for decades after peaking in the 1950s, comes amid an aggressive push by President Joe Biden to revive the role unions. Unions have seen big victories recently in the auto industry, in organizing of health-care workers, and in regaining popularity among workers.

What is the Starbucks fight at the Supreme Court about?

On his first day in the White House, Biden ousted the chief enforcer of federal labor laws as part of goal of being the most pro-union president in history. His new National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, shook up workplace norms by aggressively seeking court orders to immediately fix things that were considered unfair labor practices.

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[Attilatheblond]

1. Thems that got the most want the SCOTUS to enable them exploit the most

The ownership/predatory class has NOTHING without workers. Time to pay up or dry up, mo-fos.

[4lbs]

2. Starbucks used to be that cool, hippie place from Washington that sold great coffee.

Then they sold the company to a person that cares only about money and the board appointed CEOs over the past 15 years that do likewise.

Hell, when California went to $20 / hr for most of their fast food workers earlier this month, which one major company decided to attach itself to the 'exempt' list? Starbucks.

'Starbucks' coffee is way overrated and too expensive now. For the price of a single cup of their coffee, I can get an approximately 11 oz container of grounds and brew my own at my own pace. That small container lasts me about a month too.

I feel sorry for any baristas that still have to work there.

[mike_c]

3. I've never liked their burnt coffee anyway

I visit a Starbucks about once a year, if that. Awful coffee IMO.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. Starbucks management is just as vile as its foul coffee!

[JohnnyRingo]

5. The Tennessee republicans' plea to the VW workers was pathetic.

Their US senators begged workers to vote down the union because if they get a better pay package, China wins. China will beat the price of a union made Volkswagen so take less money to be patriotic! Even the company wanted a "Workers Council".

Kudos to my union brothers and sisters in Tenn. We are all in it together.