Starbucks settles NLRB complaint of fired barista
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(AP) - Starbucks Corp. has settled a National Labor Relations Board complaint with an employee who said he was fired this summer in Minneapolis for promoting union activity.
The agreement marks the gourmet coffee chain's third settlement of an NLRB complaint alleging the company was attempting to dissuade employees from joining a union.
The settlement stemmed from a complaint filed in July by Minneapolis barista Erik Forman, who claimed he was fired from the Starbucks at the Mall of America for encouraging workers to join the Industrial Workers of the World union.
When Starbucks gave Forman his job back in August, the company asked him to voluntarily withdraw his NLRB complaint, but he decided to move forward with it.
Forman says he's pleased with the settlement. Starbucks says today's settlement only affirms steps it has already taken to make things right by Forman.
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