Todays planned National Labor Relations Board trial over whether coffee purveyor Starbucks unlawfully fired Grand Rapids barista Cole Dorsey was canceled after the parties agreed to enter into settlement negotiations.
In its case against Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board claimed that the company fired Dorsey, an organizer with the IWW’s Starbucks Workers Union, because of his efforts to organize the Wealthy Street Starbucks in East Grand Rapids. The NLRB sought reinstatement for Dorsey, who was fired in June, and back pay.
Starbucks said they fired Dorsey because he was late to work.
NLRB regional director, Stephen Glasser, said this morning that he had not yet received a settlement proposal from Starbucks.