Starbucks must reinstate two Colorado baristas who were “illegally” fired, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge ruled.
The workers supported forming a union at the Colorado Starbucks stores where they worked, according to a news release from Starbucks Workers United.
Ryan Dinaro was fired from the Tremont Starbucks location in Denver, and Joseph Mathis was let go from the Academy store in Colorado Springs, the union’s news release said.
Starbucks engaged in “objectionable conduct warranting setting aside the results” of a union vote at the Colorado Springs store, the union quoted from the NLRB ruling in its news release.
The judge ruled Starbucks must conduct a new election and give both employees their jobs back, as well as back pay and compensation for other expenses related to their unlawful termination, according to Starbucks Workers United.
There was a similar ruling made last year for a worker fired at a Superior Starbucks.
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