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Board Overturns ALJ Determination That Starbucks Threatened Worker
August 6, 2026 // The Board majority reversed an administrative law judge and dismissed a complaint alleging that Starbucks unlawfully threatened employees over their ability to pick up shifts at other stores based on union status. Starbucks employees are typically scheduled for fewer than 40 hours a week at their assigned “home store” and routinely “borrow” shifts at other locations to make up hours. In January 2022 the company rolled out an online tool called Shift Marketplace to facilitate this borrowing, and none of the training materials or guides limited borrowing based on whether an employee’s home store was unionized.
Chicago mayor warns police to get vaccine by Sunday or lose pay
March 16, 2022 // On Wednesday, when announcing the appeal, Catanzara said: “I don’t know what happens over the next 72 hours. All I can tell you is we are not going to stop punching. This easily can be all averted before this cliff becomes a reality.” Catanzara in recent weeks has sounded the alarm over what he said will be a “bloodbath” in Chicago if his predictions of a mass resignation come true.