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Starbucks Worker Asks Federal Labor Board Again to Stop Blocking Vote to Remove Unwanted Union

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Filing highlights underhanded tactics union officials use under Biden-era NLRB rules

SAN DIEGO, CA – Encinitas Starbucks employee Joe Emmenegger has filed a second request to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C., asking the Board to stop blocking the decertification election he and his coworkers requested to remove the Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) union from their workplace. Emmenegger, who is receiving free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation, filed the initial petition requesting the vote in February.

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Electrician Prevails in Case Against IBEW Local 2100 Bosses Blocking Him From Cutting Off Union Dues

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Union officials refused to provide worker a copy of his dues checkoff card, forced employee to drive nearly 50 miles for physical access

LOUISVILLE, KY – Brandyn Marion, an electrician at Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU), has prevailed in his dispute with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2100, after union bosses backed down and settled Marion’s case against them.

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Starbucks Employee Files Demand to Unblock Long-Delayed Vote to Remove Union

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Filing: “Three-year delay” in adjudicating NLRB charge used as basis for blocking employee vote, warrants election being finally scheduled

Oklahoma City, OK – Starbucks employee Amy Smith has filed a second request asking National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 14 to reinstate her decertification petition to remove the Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) union from her Nichols Hills Starbucks store. She originally filed for decertification over three years ago. Smith is receiving free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys.

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