{"id":1631674,"date":"2022-09-03T07:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T11:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1631674"},"modified":"2022-09-03T07:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T11:18:56","slug":"nyc-sues-starbucks-for-firing-of-union-organizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-sues-starbucks-for-firing-of-union-organizer\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Sues Starbucks for Firing of Union Organizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-sues-starbucks-for-firing-of-union-organizer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1631674&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"PageBuilder-col-full PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\">\n<div class=\"TopBanner-container\" data-top-banner-placeholder=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-col-full PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-col-9 PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\">\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-keyPoints\" id=\"RegularArticle-KeyPoints-4\" data-test=\"keyPoints-1\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-keyPoints-4-1\">\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-list\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<ul>\n<li>The city said case is the first suit under New York City&#8217;s &#8220;Just Cause&#8221; worker protections.<\/li>\n<li>The city is demanding the worker be reinstated and given restitution and backpay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-articleBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-107113302\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCaption\">A cup of Starbucks coffee sits on a table in a cafe.<\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCredit\">Joel Boh | Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>New York City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/SBUX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is suing Starbucks<\/a> over allegations that the company wrongfully terminated a barista and union organizer.<\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection said the case marks its first lawsuit for a violation of New York City&#8217;s &#8220;just cause&#8221; protections for fast-food workers.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Locke, a longtime barista and union organizer, was fired less than a month after he and his coworkers voted to unionize a Starbucks in Queens, according to the lawsuit. The store is one of dozens of Starbucks locations that have voted to unionize.<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks had said that Locke was fired for failing to fill out a Covid-19 questionnaire and falsely reporting that a supervisor made physical contact with him, according to the city&#8217;s lawsuit. The missteps were reportedly confirmed by surveillance footage, but the suit states that Locke&#8217;s district and store manager did not let him see that footage. Locke&#8217;s shifts were canceled, and he filed a complaint to the city days later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not comment on pending litigation,&#8221; a Starbucks representative wrote to CNBC. &#8220;However, we do intend to defend against the alleged violations of the New York City Just Cause Law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under the city&#8217;s Fair Workweek law, it is illegal to fire workers who have completed a 30 day probation or reduce their hours by more than 15% without just cause or an economic justification.<\/p>\n<p>The city is suing to get Locke reinstated and to win him restitution and back pay, which the city says will continue to accrue until Locke returns to his job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a year since the campaign with Starbucks Workers United began at a Starbucks in Buffalo, NY,&#8221; said\u00a0Austin Locke in a statement released by the city. &#8220;There are now 235 unionized Starbucks around the country. Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organizing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/08\/15\/starbucks-asks-labor-board-to-suspend-mail-in-ballot-union-elections-alleging-misconduct-in-voting-process.html?&amp;qsearchterm=starbucks%20union\">Starbucks has seen a wave of stores unionize across the country<\/a>, and organizers have brought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/08\/23\/starbucks-informs-workers-at-two-stores-of-closures-union-claims-retaliation.html?&amp;qsearchterm=starbucks%20union\">claims of retaliation<\/a> by the company. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/09\/01\/starbucks-says-laxman-narasimhan-will-take-over-as-ceo-in-april.html?&amp;qsearchterm=starbucks\">Howard Schultz returned to the company as interim CEO<\/a> amid the labor push, and has said he wants to reinvent the employee, customer and store experience to better reflect how the world has changed since the pandemic. The company named its new CEO on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013CNBC&#8217;s Dan Mangan and Amelia Lucas contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WatchLiveRightRail-inline WatchLiveRightRail-container\" id=\"RegularArticle-WatchLiveRightRail-7\" data-test=\"watchLiveRightRail-4\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-watchLiveRightRail-7-4\">\n<div class=\"WatchLiveRightRail-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/live-tv\/\" class=\"WatchLiveRightRail-wlButton\">WATCH LIVE<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"denied:data:image\/svg+xml;base64,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\" class=\"WatchLiveRightRail-logo\" alt=\"logo\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/live-tv\/\" class=\"WatchLiveRightRail-wlButtonMobile\">WATCH IN THE APP<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-col-9 PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-col-12 PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city said case is the first suit under New York City&#8217;s &#8220;Just Cause&#8221; worker protections. 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