Starbucks
Workplace Accountability Record
· Restaurants & Food Service
· SBUX
NLRB administrative law judges have found Starbucks committed more than 400 labor law violations. 771 unfair labor practice charges docketed since 2021. NLRB found company showed "general disregard for employees' fundamental statutory rights."
Accountability Snapshot
400+
NLRB labor law violations found
By administrative law judges since 2021
771
Unfair labor practice charges
Docketed by NLRB regional offices as of Feb 2024
125+
New ULP charges (2025)
Filed since January 2025
Observed Pattern
Largest documented campaign of unfair labor practices against a single employer in modern NLRB history. Pattern of retaliatory terminations, benefit withholding from union stores, surveillance, and threatened store closures. Enforcement escalated from individual store complaints to corporate-wide policy findings. Over 125 new ULP charges filed since January 2025 under current CEO.
Accountability Timeline
Dec 23, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY at CAMPBELL, CA. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
Dec 23, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at RICHMOND, VA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Sep 4, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of 317741758 - STARBUCKS CORP at SEASIDE, OR. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
Aug 22, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317987538 - STARBUCKS CORP at ISSAQUAH, WA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Aug 7, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS at WOODHAVEN, MI. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Aug 4, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317987263 - STARBUCKS CORP at SEATTLE, WA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Apr 21, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at WEST MELBOURNE, FL. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Mar 27, 2025
Labor Relations
Board affirmed ALJ finding that store manager violated Section 8(a)(1) by making statements suggesting unionization could lead to store closures without providing factual basis. Decision in Starbucks Corp v. Workers United, 374 N.L.R.B. No. 23.
Feb 21, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317984505 - STARBUCKS CORP at BREMERTON, WA. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
Feb 11, 2025
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317984524 - STARBUCKS CORP at SEATTLE, WA. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
Dec 16, 2024
Labor Relations
NLRB ruled Starbucks committed more than 60 violations of labor law at the Buffalo, NY stores where the Workers United organizing campaign originated. Board stated "the severity and pervasiveness of the Respondent's unfair labor practices demonstrate a general disregard for its employees' fundamental statutory rights."
Dec 9, 2024
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at SEAL BEACH, CA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Nov 1, 2024
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS at BURLINGTON, MA. Found 6 violation(s): 6 .
Oct 14, 2024
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORP/STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY CARSON VALLEY ROASTING PLANT AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER at MINDEN, NV. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Oct 14, 2024
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORP/STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY CARSON VALLEY ROASTING PLANT AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER at MINDEN, NV. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Sep 16, 2024
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY #27691 at BYRON CENTER, MI. Found 6 violation(s): 6 .
Sep 5, 2024
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317982117 - STARBUCKS CORP at BELLEVUE, WA. Found 5 violation(s): 5 .
May 8, 2024
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317980062 - STARBUCKS CORP at BELLINGHAM, WA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Dec 7, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS STORE 69658 at PLAINVIEW, TX. Found 3 violation(s): 3 .
Nov 15, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at CORONA, CA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Nov 9, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
Oct 6, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317976458 - STARBUCKS CORP at BELLEVUE, WA. Found 3 violation(s): 3 .
Oct 2, 2023
Labor Relations
Administrative law judge found Starbucks adopted a corporate-wide policy of conditioning eligibility for increased wages and benefits on employees refraining from union representation. Company withheld new benefits from unionized stores while granting them to non-union locations.
Sep 21, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317976188 - STARBUCKS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION at SEATTLE, WA. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
Aug 25, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at STOCKTON, CA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Jun 29, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317974616 - STARBUCKS CORP at BREMERTON, WA. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
May 25, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS #2732 at VALPARAISO, IN. Found 4 violation(s): 4 .
May 12, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS at RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA. Found 4 violation(s): 4 .
May 8, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at CORNING, CA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
May 1, 2023
Labor Relations
Administrative law judge ruled Starbucks violated federal labor law when it terminated five of the seven "Memphis 7" workers who were organizing a union at their store. Case reached the Supreme Court on the question of NLRB injunction powers.
Mar 31, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION - #53806 at SCOTTSDALE, AZ. Found 4 violation(s): 4 .
Mar 1, 2023
Labor Relations
Administrative law judge found Starbucks engaged in egregious and widespread misconduct and showed a general disregard for employees' fundamental rights during the Buffalo, NY union organizing campaign that began in 2021.
Feb 14, 2023
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of 317732318 - STARBUCKS CORP at PORTLAND, OR. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Dec 21, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of 65752 - STARBUCKS CORPORATION at HATTON, KY. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Nov 29, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY at CHESAPEAKE, VA. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
Nov 4, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at PHILADELPHIA, PA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Oct 26, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE-STARBUCKS at JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WA. Found 3 violation(s): 3 .
Oct 6, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at GLASTONBURY, CT. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Sep 9, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS at ANN ARBOR, MI. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Jun 22, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317969275 - STARBUCKS CORP at SEATTLE, WA. Found 3 violation(s): 3 .
May 19, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS COFFEE #10126 at EAGLE RIVER, AK. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Apr 19, 2022
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317968446 - STARBUCKS CORP at FEDERAL WAY, WA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Nov 23, 2021
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY at ANN ARBOR, MI. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
Oct 27, 2021
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at WASILLA, AK. Found 8 violation(s): 8 .
Sep 14, 2021
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORP at RENO, NV. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Aug 11, 2021
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317965381 - STARBUCKS CORP at RENTON, WA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Dec 15, 2020
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY at QUEEN CREEK, AZ. Found 3 violation(s): 3 .
Oct 1, 2020
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of WA317961204 - STARBUCKS CORP at VERADALE, WA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Jan 22, 2020
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS COFFEE CORP. at SOUTH SALT LAKE, UT. Found 2 violation(s): 2 .
May 3, 2019
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS at FORT WORTH, TX. Found 7 violation(s): 7 .
Jan 22, 2019
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at ALAMEDA, CA. Found 1 violation(s): 1 .
Oct 22, 2018
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of 317722214 - STARBUCKS CORP at EUGENE, OR. Found 8 violation(s): 8 .
Apr 26, 2018
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of 317720162 - STARBUCKS CORP at PORTLAND, OR. Found 6 violation(s): 6 .
Feb 14, 2018
Workplace Safety
OSHA inspection of STARBUCKS CORPORATION at DAYTON, NV. Found 5 violation(s): 5 .
Primary Sources
Verified public records and government databases
NLRB Decisions & Orders — NLRB
https://www.nlrb.gov/
https://www.nlrb.gov/
Checked May 22, 2025
Senate HELP Committee Report — U.S. Senate
https://www.help.senate.gov/
https://www.help.senate.gov/
Checked May 22, 2025
OSHA Enforcement Data (Bulk) — Dept of Labor / OSHA
https://enforcedata.dol.gov/
https://enforcedata.dol.gov/
Checked May 23, 2026