Starbucks and the Workers United union are suing one other over a pro-Palestinian social media remark.
Starbucks and the union that represents its employees sued one other on Wednesday in a dispute started by a social media remark about the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Starbucks filed a federal lawsuit against Workers United in Iowa on Wednesday, claiming that a pro-Palestinian social media post from a union account
early in the Israel-Hamas conflict enraged hundreds of customers and harmed the company's brand.
Starbucks is suing for trademark infringement, demanding that Workers United stop calling itself "Starbucks Workers United" and stop organizing the coffee company's employees.
Starbucks also requests that the group stop using a circular green logo that is similar to Starbucks' emblem.
Workers United reacted with its own complaint, requesting that a federal court in Pennsylvania determine that it may continue to use the Starbucks brand and a similar logo.
Workers United also claimed that Starbucks slandered them by insinuating that they support terrorism and violence.
Workers United also claimed that Starbucks slandered them by insinuating that they support terrorism and violence.