Consumer Law

Starbucks Pushes Appeal in Memphis Union Dispute

Starbucks Corp’s lawyers on Thursday will urge a U.S. appeals court to rule that a lower court should not have forced the company to reinstate seven workers allegedly fired for leading union organizing efforts.

The case involving a Starbucks cafe in Memphis, Tennessee is one of many legal disputes stemming from a nationwide union campaign at the world’s biggest coffee chain whose labor practices are under scrutiny in the U.S. Congress.

The dispute is among the first to reach an appeals court. Judges and the National Labor Relations Board have found the company violated federal labor law in several other cases.

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