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Howard Schultz violated labor law by telling employee 'if you're not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another com
company’Starbucks’ Howard Schultz, who was interim CEO at the time, broke federal labor law in 2022 by telling a California barista who raised concerns about unionization that “if you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company.”
A decision by the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday said Schultz’s statement was an unlawful, coercive threat.
The decision underscores the fractious relationship Starbucks has had with organized labor as more and more workers at its stores unionize.
In 2022, when Schultz was interim CEO, he attended a company event in Long Beach, California, to address and improve working conditions at Starbucks stores. Barista Madison Hall attempted to bring up what they described as the benefits of unionization and Starbucks’ alleged history of unfair labor practices, according to the NLRB.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/howard-schultz-violated-labor-law-210950019.html