Starbucks ordered to reinstate US workers fired amid union campaign

Seven Memphis employees were allegedly fired for supporting organising campaign

A US judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees at a cafe in Memphis, Tennessee who were allegedly fired for supporting a union campaign, as the coffee chain struggles to halt pending nationwide union elections.

Sheryl Lipman, the district judge in the city, said the US National Labor Relations Board had provided enough evidence that the dismissals earlier this year were motivated by anti-union feeling. Lipman granted the order pending the outcome of an administrative case before the board.