Jonathan Stempel at Reuters reports Starbucks violated U.S. Labor Law by firing a Manhattan Store Supervisor who had organized Workers to join a Union, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Judge has ruled.  The NLRB established "striking and strong evidence of animus" behind Starbucks' termination of Rhythm Heaton as a Shift Supervisor at its Astor Place store, NLRB Administrative Law Judge Benjamin Green wrote.  Carley Russell, a Lawyer for Heaton, said the decision benefits Workers seeking "more Democratic workplaces" by showing that Starbucks cannot "crush the Union with impunity."

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