Starbucks Asks NLRB to Suspend Mail-In Ballots After Whistleblower Accuses Labor Board of Collusion With Barista Union

Starbucks Asks NLRB to Suspend Mail-In Ballots After Whistleblower Accuses Labor Board of Collusion With Barista Union
The Starbucks logo is displayed in the window of a Starbucks Coffee shop in San Francisco on Jan. 24, 2019. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Bryan Jung
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Starbucks on Aug. 15, accused National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officials of allegedly engaging in misconduct during a unionization vote at a location in the Kansas City area and has asked the labor board to suspend all mail-in ballot union elections nationwide.

The Seattle coffee chain sent a letter to the chairman and general counsel of the NLRB saying that the board’s officials not only acted inappropriately at the Kansas City location, but in other regional union elections as well, after an NLRB employee approached the company as a whistleblower.

Bryan Jung
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Bryan S. Jung is a native and resident of New York City with a background in politics and the legal industry. He graduated from Binghamton University.
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