Starbucks has been sued on On Monday by eight South Carolina union employees store who The company said they were falsely accused of criminal Behavior after they demanded a premium from manager.
Workers sued in South Carolina Court against Starbucks and manager In the store in Anderson, a few miles from Clemson University. They claimed that manager Urging the police to charge them with assaulted and kidnapped after being pressured by workers for a plus in August.
The storeThe company’s employees had voted 18-0 to join a union in Jun.
No less than 240 other Starbucks in The United States has joined the unions over The past yearThe company is accused of Dozens of illegal labor practices of locations. Starbucks has denied any wrongdoing.
Starbucks did not immediately respond to a request for comment on lawsuit.
According to the complaint, Anderson is working on Submit August 1 manager with letter calling for a plus. Then I called the Starbucks area manager They falsely claimed that the workers were preventing her from leaving storethe plaintiffs claim.
The manager The incident was reported to law enforcement authorities two days later, which led to a weeks-long investigation that included police visits to some of Workers’ homes, according to the lawsuit.
local mayor office The prosecutors eventually concluded that the workers had done nothing illegal.
Starbucks issued a statement on August 8 saying manager They felt unsafe and the workers were suspended with Payment pending inquiry.
pretenders in The lawsuit, filed on Monday, said the statement falsely indicated that they had threatened manager and engagement in criminal Procedure.
Starbucks workers accused of Defamation and Abuse of Legal Process in violation of State Law. They seek unspecified and punitive damages.
