"Starbucks Ordered to Reinstate Fired Workers and Compensate Union Organizer"

A National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled that Starbucks violated federal labor law by firing nine workers and "constructively discharging" one other in Buffalo. The workers, who were part of the first Starbucks union in the Buffalo Niagara region, were ordered to be reinstated with back pay. Starbucks denies retaliation for union organizing and plans to explore further review of the judge's recommendations. The company and its workers in Buffalo have yet to reach a contract more than two years after voting to unionize, with workers alleging that Starbucks has been uncooperative during bargaining sessions.