VANCOUVER — The B.C. Labour Relations Board has found Starbucks wrongfully made “threats of adverse consequences” against an employee for her unionization activity, but found the company had a “legitimate business reason” to close down its only unionized location in Vancouver.
The United Steelworkers Local 2009 made a complaint of unfair labour practice against Starbucks Coffee Canada in 2023 for closing the Dunbar Street store less than a year after its workers had been unionized, and for disciplining an employee for “wearing a union T-shirt.”
The board’s decision dated Feb. 11, says Starbucks denied closing the coffee shop over “anti-union animus” because the company was already considering shutting
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