Starbucks Workers United, the national group behind Starbucks employees' unionization efforts, said they would once again be filing an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board after the chain announced plans to close the location on College Avenue which voted to unionize along with two other Starbucks locations in the city back in April.
Employees at the store went on strike in April due to an overflowing grease trap, according to the union, and Starbucks cited the grease trap as the reason for the closure.
For its part, Starbucks has also accused Workers United of illegal behavior.
"We open and close stores as a regular part of our operations," a Starbucks spokesperson told Food & Wine in an emailed statement.
"Our local, regional, and national leaders have been working with humility, deep care, and urgency to create the kind of store environment that partners and customers expect of Starbucks." They further added that, "Our goal is to ensure that every partner is supported in their individual situation, and we have immediate opportunities available in the market."
Interestingly, just today, Starbucks released a statement affirming that the chain was on track to identify a full-time successor to replace him as CEO "In the coming months" and that Schultz would remain as interim CEO until early next year to ensure "a seamless transition and continuity of leadership through the 2022 holiday season."
In a story published today in the Wall Street Journal, Schultz explained what Starbucks was looking for: "For the future of the company, we need a domain of experience and expertise in a number of disciplines that we don't have now," he was quoted as saying.
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