(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Two baristas who supported forming a union at their Starbucks locations in Denver and Colorado Springs won a ruling on Feb. 6 that would reinstate them to their jobs, as well as compensate them for lost wages and other expenses related to their unlawful termination.
According to a press release from the Starbucks Workers United union, A federal administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Starbucks unlawfully terminated union supporter and barista Ryan Dinaro at its Tremont store in Denver based on his union activity.
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At its Academy store in Colorado Springs, the judge found that Starbucks worker and union activist Joseph Mathis was discharged in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. Starbucks was also found to have carried out unfair labor practices compromising the union election at the store.
According to the union, Starbucks was ordered to fully reinstate Dinaro and Mathis to their former positions and make them whole for lost wages and benefits, and other losses suffered as “a result of the discrimination against them.” The judge also concluded that Starbucks engaged in “objectionable conduct warranting setting aside the results” of a mail-ballot election held at its Academy store between April to May 2022 and ordered the coffee giant to conduct a new election.