LOS ANGELES—Starbucks could be forced to reopen six Southland locations that it closed last summer, with federal regulators alleging the stores were shuttered in an effort to suppress unionization efforts by employees.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint Dec. 13 questioning the closures of 23 Starbucks locations nationwide, noting that workers at more than a half-dozen of those stores had already voted to unionize with Starbucks Workers United.
