Judge Issues Nationwide Order Preventing Starbucks from Firing Union Supporting Workers

A federal judge has issued an order to bar Starbucks from firing workers who are trying to unionize and order the company to rehire an employee who alleges she was fired over union organizing. 

U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled on Friday that Hannah Whitbeck, who was fired from her position as a shift supervisor in April, must be offered her position on an interim basis or a “substantially equivalent position” if her original post no longer exists without any prejudice to the rights and privileges she previously had. 

Whitbeck contended in a lawsuit that she was fired because of her involvement in labor organizing. Starbucks argued that Whitbeck was fired because she left work early on one occasion and forced another worker to manage a store alone for 20 to 30 minutes. 

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