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Joyce Goldstein of Joyce Goldstein & Associates joined us on today’s show. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/AWF-blog-image-template_joyce.jpg --- 1 min read Season 3, Episode 178 # Federal judge reinstates Starbucks Memphis Seven workers [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) September 9, 2022 [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [Joyce Goldstein & Associates](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/joyce-goldstein-associates) [Labor-Management](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/labor-management) ![Joyce-Goldstien-And-Associates-Logo@2x](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/podcast%20logos/Joyce-Goldstien-And-Associates-Logo@2x.png?width=801&name=Joyce-Goldstien-And-Associates-Logo@2x.png)   Guest Name: --- Joyce Goldstein Guest Website: --- [joycegoldsteinlaw.com](https://joycegoldsteinlaw.com/) Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/) Supportive Documents: --- Joyce Goldstein, a labor and employee benefits lawyer at [Joyce Goldstein & Associates](https://joycegoldsteinlaw.com/), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed a federal court’s reinstatement of the Memphis Seven, Starbucks workers who were fired following an in-store media interview about the store's organizing efforts earlier this year. Starbucks management claimed the workers were fired over a breach of security protocol, but union leaders contended the chain violated labor laws to stop the workers from organizing. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) investigated and found good cause to believe the workers were fired for illegitimate reasons and sent the case to federal court, Goldstein said. Goldstein also explained a draft rule recently issued by the NLRB on the joint employer standard and a recent NLRB decision that found a Tesla ban on pro-union shirts violated workers’ free speech rights. Listen to the entire episode to learn more about these topics. --- America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. 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