Can Employers Restrict Union Pins and Shirts? Lessons From the Starbucks Decision
Employers may have more flexibility to enforce neutral dress code and uniform policies, even when those policies affect employees' display of union insignia. On September 2, 2026, in a decision involving Starbucks' New York Reserve Roastery, the Second Circuit rejected the NLRB's stringent standard to workplace rules that restricts employees' ability to display union insignia...