Judge rules Starbucks violated labor law in Buffalo union effort, NYT reports

Michael Rosas, a judge for the National Labor Relations Board, ruled on Wednesday that Starbucks violated federal labor law "dozens of times" in responding to a union campaign in the Buffalo area shortly after the campaign began roughly 18 months ago, The New York Times’ Noam Scheiber reports. The judge concluded that Starbucks illegally monitored, disciplined and fired employees engaged in union organizing, added workers to stores to dilute support for the union, and promised new benefits to workers in an attempt to defuse support for the union, and the judge is mandating the reinstatement of seven Buffalo-area workers who he concluded were unlawfully discharged from the company. Reference Link