Starbucks Closed 23 Stores to Deter Unionizing, US Agency Says

Starbucks Closed 23 Stores to Deter Unionizing, US Agency Says
The logo of a Starbucks coffee shop in New York on June 25, 2013. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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A U.S. labor agency is seeking to force Starbucks Corp to reopen 23 stores that were allegedly shuttered last year to discourage a nationwide union campaign, the latest case to accuse the coffee chain of illegal labor tactics.

A regional director with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a complaint issued on Wednesday said that eight of the U.S. stores had already unionized when they closed.