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House GOP Sides With Starbucks In Federal Labor Probe

A view of a Starbucks coffee shop in Moscow on March 9, 2022. - McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Starbucks on March 8, 2022 bowed to public pressure and suspended their operations in Russia, joining the international corporate chorus of outrage over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Several of these companies, symbols of American cultural influence in the world, have been the subject of boycott calls on social media as investors have also begun to ask questions about their presence. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
  • House Republicans issued a subpoena for documents to the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, alleging misconduct by its officials in union elections involving Starbucks Corp.
  • In a Wednesday letter to the federal labor agency, Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, cited a letter Starbucks wrote to NLRB officials in August, alleging that they “engaged in substantial misconduct” in connection with an election involving the company and Workers United at a Kansas store.
  • Foxx said she believes that an NLRB report last month “confirmed certain allegations” detailed in the letter from Starbucks.
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