Prof. Matthew Bodie Quoted in New York Times and USA Today About U.S. Supreme Court Considering a Higher Bar for Union Protection

Professor Matthew Bodie was quoted in the New York Times and USA Today about Starbucks asking the U.S. Supreme Court to require a stricter test for when courts can step in and protect union organizers who are fired or punished. Labor sympathizers see the case as part of a corporate backlash to the success of the National Labor Relations Board and to a rise in union organizing. The case comes about two months after Starbucks and the union organizing its U.S. workers agreed to begin discussing potential collective bargaining deals. As a result, a loss for the NLRB in this case would pack less of a demoralizing punch for the workers than it would have if Starbucks was “still fighting tooth and nail with the union,” said Professor Bodie.