Starbucks violated federal labor law when it increased wages and offered new perks and benefits only to non-union employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge found Thursday.
The decision is the latest in a series of NLRB rulings finding that Starbucks has violated labor law in its efforts to stop unions from forming in its coffee shops.
“The issue at the heart of this case is whether, under current Board law, [Starbucks] was entitled to explicitly reward employees,” for not participating in union activity, “while falsely telling its workers that the federal labor law forced it to take this action,” wrote administrative law judge Mara-Louise Anzalone. “It was not.”
Oh sure lets withhold pay increases from the group of workers most willing to take action that impacts the business in order to get pay increases. Beyond being illegal that is also just a incredibly stupid strategy
I mean if the goal was to discourage union membership, then I can understand why they did that. Obviously that backfired…
Treat a company telling you you don't need a union the same way you'd treat a cop who insists you don't need a lawyer to "answer a couple of questions"
With the utmost suspicion
Except the "punishment" is a joke, so it seems the strategy was successful.