1. Associates & Employees

Judge limits order barring Starbucks from firing workers

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A federal judge, who previously ruled that Starbucks must refrain from firing U.S. workers over labor activity, said that he made a mistake and limited the directive to one store in Ann Arbor, MI, where the coffee giant was found to have acted illegally by the National Labor Relations Board.

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