Federal court enforces US Department of Labor subpoena seeking documents to investigate Starbucks Corp.’s response to worker organizing campaigns

Summary:

A federal court in Seattle has ruled that Starbucks Corp. must comply with a U.S. Department of Labor administrative subpoena related to an investigation into the company's expenditures during a worker organizing campaign in Buffalo, New York. The court has given Starbucks 14 days to provide requested documents for fiscal years 2021 and 2022. The subpoena is part of an investigation by the Office of Labor-Management Standards to determine compliance with the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.