The Starbucks has accused the federal labor board overseeing the union elections at its USA cafes of misconduct and asked that elections be suspended nationwide pending the outcome of an investigation.
However, The National Labor Relations Board and the Workers United union did not reply immediately to requests for comment.
Starbucks claims that NLRB agents have allegedly helped Workers United win the elections by manipulating the voting process and then collaborated to put sheets on the behaviour.
Although, just a year ago, they weren’t any unionized corporate-owned Starbucks outlets in the Unites States. Now, workers of 216 cafes have voted to join the union, while workers at 46 have voted against unionizing.
As per Starbucks, the alleged misconduct, took place during a Kansas City, Kansas union election, but is believed to have taken place in other regions of the States of well.
“If the NLRB does not respond by investigating and remedying these types of actions, we do not see how the Board can represent itself as a neutral agency adjudicating unfair labor practice disputes – and elections – in a manner that is fair, honest, and proper, without the appearance of impropriety,” Starbucks said in its official statement.
