B.C. labour board finds Starbucks made threats against pro-union employee

The B.C. Labour Relations Board says 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 an unfair labour practice complaint against Starbucks 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.”