Starbucks’ rule that employees could only wear one pro-union button on their uniforms during a labor organizing campaign was not in violation of the National Labor Relations Act, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said Starbucks was entitled to limit button wearing as part of its strict dress code for servers during a campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World to unionize several Manhattan stores.

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