Starbucks and NLRB Notice Readings

[Omaha Steve]

https://onlabor.org/starbucks-and-nlrb-notice-readings/

March 2, 2023

By Benjamin Sachs

The NLRB remedy of “notice reading” is much in the news these days, as the Board has ordered Starbucks — and most recently, Howard Schultz himself — to read to its employees the notice detailing Starbucks’ violations of labor law and the remedies the company is being ordered to carry out. The Board ALJ deserves credit for ordering this remedy, and the full Board should endorse it if called upon to do so. Here’s (one of the reasons) why.

In a typical unfair labor practice proceeding, the NLRB orders the employer to comply with some set of commands — to reinstate a discharged worker, for example, or to begin bargaining in good faith — and also to post a notice detailing the terms of the Board’s order. Notice postings themselves generally are uncontroversial and generate little employer opposition, largely because they’re relatively innocuous, even meaningless. On the other hand, in certain cases the Board will order the employer not only to post the notice but also to read that notice to its employees. These orders tend to generate more employer opposition, because they’re not innocuous and can actually be quite meaningful on the ground.

FULL story at link above.