Starbucks accuses labor officials of misconduct in union elections
Scott Olson

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) is ratcheting up its fight with organized labor by asking the federal labor board to suspend all mail-in ballot union elections nationwide due to tampering by the board.
In a letter to the National Labor Relations Board, Starbucks (SBUX) claimed the labor board's officials engaged in misconduct during an election in the Kansas City area and is alleged to have interfered improperly in other elections based on information from a NLRB whistleblower. One of the most serious allegations is that Workers United agents were given real-time information about specific vote counts so that the union could target employees who had not voted yet.
Starbucks (SBUX) is facing an uphill battle with more than 220 cafes in the U.S. have already voted to unionize. Another 34 elections have been ordered or are in progress. The coffee chain operator is requesting that all future elections be held in person while the allegations can be investigated.
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