Supreme Court Sides With Starbucks in Labor Dispute With Union Activists

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Starbucks on June 13, reining in the National Labor Relations Board’s authority to decide if fired union activists in Tennessee should get their jobs back. For years, the coffee giant has been battling organized labor, which is trying to unionize baristas across the United States. The court’s 9–0 opinion in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney was written by Justice Clarence Thomas. The court has tended to rule for employers in recent years. In June 2023, in Glacier Northwest Inc. v. Teamsters, the Court found 8–1 that employers may sue collective bargaining units for damages caused by strikes....