Legal Briefs

NLRB Files Comprehensive Complaint Against Starbucks for Failing to Bargain with Union

From the Office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. The National Labor Relations Board has filed an expansive complaint against Starbucks accusing the Company of stonewalling collective bargaining efforts with new unions at hundreds of stores na… Read More »

Update on Labor and Employment--New Orleans

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. presents Management Update Briefing, a half-day labor and employment law seminar. Date Thursday, January 25, 2024 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Location (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE) Country Inn & Suites by Radisson 2… Read More »

Starbucks Announces that Company Wants Union Contract Negotiations to Reach Agreement Next Year

From the Office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. Starbucks Corp. announced that the Company reached out to the Workers United Union which represents hundreds of its stores to try to end an impasse over contract talks. The Company stated th… Read More »

Final Labor Department Rule on Tipped Employees

The U.S. Department of Labor has just reinstated a longstanding policy, revoked late in the Trump administration, requiring restaurants and other businesses to pay tipped employees a higher minimum wage when performing work that does not directly gen… Read More »