Starbucks, Workers United union sue each other in standoff over pro-Palestinian social media post

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Starbucks and the union organizing its workers sued each other Wednesday in a standoff sparked by a social media post over the Israel-Hamas war.

Starbucks sued Workers United in federal court in Iowa Wednesday, saying a pro-Palestinian social media post from a union account early in the Israel-Hamas war angered hundreds of customers and damaged its reputation.

The coffeehouse is suing for pandemic spending, demanding that Workers United stop using the name “Starbucks Workers United” for the group that is organizing the coffee company’s workers. They also wants the group to stop using a circular green logo that resembles the coffeehous’ logo.

Workers United responded with its own filing, asking a federal court in Pennsylvania to rule that it can continue to use the similar circular green logo and name. Workers United also said the coffeehouse defamed the union by implying that it supports terrorism and violence.

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