Posts tagged Amy Smith
Starbucks Employee Files Demand to Unblock Long-Delayed Vote to Remove Union
October 22, 2026 // Filing: “Three-year delay” in adjudicating NLRB charge used as basis for blocking employee vote, warrants election being finally scheduled
Starbucks Barista Asks Labor Board to Overturn Regional Official’s Decision to Continue Blocking Vote to Remove Union
November 21, 2024 // Smith’s appeal challenges the regional NLRB’s refusal to reinstate her decertification petition, which it is still stonewalling despite the resolution of SBWU union officials’ charges against Starbucks that were ostensibly the justification for blocking the workers’ petition for a vote to remove the union. Smith argues that the decision is inconsistent not only with the Board’s past reasons for holding up the petition, but also with workers’ right under federal labor law to promptly have an election to remove a union they do not want.