Experts say the decision could make it harder for the National Labor Relations Board to obtain relief when companies are accused of violating labor law.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday to restrict the National Labor Relations Board’s authority to obtain relief for fired union activists, in a win for Starbucks that could deal a blow to labor organizing efforts.to a federal district court’s 2022 decision to order the coffee retailer to reinstate a group of seven baristas who claimed
“Working people have so few tools to protect and defend themselves when their employers break the law. That makes today’s ruling by the Supreme Court particularly egregious,” Fox said. “Regardless of large corporations’ machinations at the Supreme Court, workers are continuing to organize.
“This could hurt unions from obtaining relief through the board, particularly if you have a district court judge who doesn’t know labor law or quite frankly is a real conservative and is going to always back the business,” saidHow much this ruling hurts organized labor “really depends on whether see this as a signal that they should be more stringent on the board’s requests for injunctions,” Cooney added. “That remains to be seen.
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