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Starbucks reputation on line in court case - Coffee giant accused of union-busting in New York

By John Sterlicchi in Florida
Thursday June 7, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Which Starbucks will step forward in a Manhattan court room next month? Will it be the greener than grass, consistent winner of wonderful-employer accolades on both sides of the Atlantic, or the union-busting, low-wage bully some ex-employees allege?

An industrial relations case against Starbucks has been brought by a US federal agency, the National Labor Relations Board, which has found probable cause that the company violated the rights of its employees, who were trying to organise a union at the company's New York City outlets.

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