PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — After three years, two Philadelphia Starbucks employees who were fired illegally are getting justice.
A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) says Starbucks illegally fired two Philadelphia employees and committed other unlawful union-busting practices between 2019 and 2020.
The two Starbucks baristas were fired from stores at South Broad Street and Civic Center Boulevard in 2020.
The NLRB found that beginning in 2019, Starbucks engaged in multiple labor law violations, including threatening, interrogating, surveilling and eventually terminating employees.
The NLRB panel has ordered that the two employees be reinstated with back pay.
Starbucks Workers United said more than 65 labor complaints have been issued against the company, adding it is "failing to uphold the 'progressive' values it touts as a marketing tactic."
In a statement, a Starbucks spokesperson said the company disagrees with the NLRB's decision and is "considering all options to obtain a full legal review of the matter."
The statement continues:
