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Starbucks Is Ordered to Reinstate Fired Activist Employees [1]

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Date: 2022-08-18

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after they spearheaded efforts to unionize the branch in Memphis where they worked.

The workers, who refer to themselves as the Memphis Seven, were fired after the company said they violated safety and security policies. Judge Sheryl H. Lipman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee gave Starbucks five days to rehire the employees in response to the lawsuit filed by M. Kathleen McKinney, the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board.

Jennifer Abruzzo, the labor board’s general counsel, described the decision as “a crucial step in ensuring that these workers, and all Starbucks workers, can freely exercise their right to join together to improve their working conditions and form a union.”

In a statement, Starbucks said it would appeal the court ruling and seek to stop from having to reinstate the workers.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/business/starbucks-reinstate-union-workers.html

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