Starbucks is requesting a suspension of mail-in ballots at unionization votes currently going on at its stores across America. The coffee chain is accusing National Labor Relation Board employees ...

Starbucks issued a letter to the National Labor Relations Board to suspend mail ballot elections after claiming it was tipped off that there has been misconduct in prior elections.

By rewriting labor law to deny secret-ballot elections, the NLRB further empowers certain members of the labor force looking to coerce their fellow workers.

Starbucks alleges that NLRB regional staff repeatedly crossed the line of neutrality, alleging that despite ordering a mail-in election, the agency arranged for some voters to cast their ballot in ...

More than 220 Starbucks cafes in the U.S. have voted to unionize, according to the NLRB. An additional 34 elections have been ordered or are in progress.

Current NLRB policy is that unions must show that 30% of workers have signed “cards” in favor of unionization. Then they must petition the board for a secret-ballot election.

The Nation's History Demands Secret-Ballot Elections and Confidentiality, But NLRB Moves Away from Both September 19, 2023 at 08:00 AM 7 minute read ...

The National Labor Relations Board will let unions organize at workplaces using signed cards instead of secret ballots, reviving a standard dropped 50 years ago. It’s a victory for a key union ...