Starbucks is asking for all union elections of their cafes to be paused after accusing the National Labor Relations Board of misconduct.

In a letter to the NLRB dated Monday, the espresso store accused the board of operating with Workers United, the union representing Starbucks workers, to lend a hand them win union votes through manipulating the election procedure.

“The regional group of workers, and, in the long run, the Board — will in moderation and objectively believe any demanding situations raised via those established channels,” NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado stated in a observation.

Starbucks representatives say they found out the misconduct, which it appears came about all the way through a Kansas City, Kansas, union vote, via a whistleblower within the NLRB. The corporate alleges that an identical misconduct came about in unionization drives in Seattle and Buffalo.

Starbucks claims that the NLRB arrange in-person balloting at its places of work, versus mail-in ballots, and collaborated with Workers United through relaying voter knowledge to them in real-time.

“If the NLRB does no longer reply through investigating and remedying these kind of movements, we don’t see how the Board can constitute itself as a impartial company adjudicating unfair exertions apply disputes — and elections,” the letter reads.

Workers United labeled Starbucks’ allegations as determined and malicious.

“Ultimately, that is Starbucks’ newest try to manipulate the criminal procedure for their very own approach and save you employees from exercising their basic proper to arrange,” Workers United stated in a observation.

Regardless of the accuracy of the Starbucks letter, the union drives in lots of places will probably be slowed, which analysts say is the function of the accusations.

The letter comes as an unparalleled choice of Starbucks places are organizing. Over the previous 12 months, 216 places within the U.S. have voted to unionize. At the similar time, different massive shops like Amazon and Trader Joe’s even have observed a upward thrust in employee group.

During the newest surge in union process, Starbucks has come below hearth for a number of selections, together with ultimate month when CEO Howard Schultz introduced it could be ultimate a number of shops across the nation for “protection considerations”.

Workers United on the time known as the ones closings some other try to close down the unionization motion.  

Workers in different Starbucks places have, in fresh weeks, began to strike, mentioning pay, hours, protection and different problems at places in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington.