Prospects at Barista Parlor’s remaining espresso bars would possibly quickly discover new wall decorations among the many retailers’ classic motorbike memorabilia. In a March 5 choice, the Nationwide Labor Relations Board has ordered Barista Parlor to publish a “Discover to Workers” for violating employees’ rights associated to a 2023 case that reads, partially: “The Nationwide Labor Relations Board has discovered that we violated Federal labor regulation and has ordered us to publish and obey this discover.” The corporate additionally owes again pay, with curiosity, to the 4 employees who initially introduced the labor grievance. See the complete ruling on the backside of this publish.
Andy Mumma, Barista Parlor founder and proprietor, says he’s on a cost plan facilitated by the NLRB associated to the 2025 settlement with staff.
“I agreed to a settlement as a result of I did not do something mistaken,” Mumma tells the Scene. “That destroyed every part — BP closed. The final verify I wrote for the settlement bounced, and I could not pay the remaining. There’s loads of large, evil conglomerates that do horrible issues to individuals. I’m not one in all them.”
Mumma says the labor dispute has destroyed the 15-year-old enterprise, which at one level had greater than six cafe places in Nashville. He says the workers had been fired for efficiency points, together with exhibiting up late and never making drinks appropriately. They disagree, and took their case to the NLRB, which Mumma says appears extra accustomed to coping with massive companies fairly than small companies.
“In response to the uncontroverted allegations within the movement for default judgment, the Respondent has did not adjust to the phrases of the settlement settlement,” reads the ruling, which works on to state that Barista Parlor “has been interfering with, restraining, and coercing staff” within the train of rights assured by the Nationwide Labor Relations Act.
New public signage is only one ingredient of a multipart order validating 4 former Barista Parlor employees who first introduced a case in opposition to their employer in June 2023 after being fired. This adopted the workers “elevating concerted complaints and discussing working circumstances” at a earlier group assembly. On the time, six ousted employees and three employees who subsequently stop in solidarity shared their story in a GoFundMe marketing campaign.
After a protracted labor dispute between 4 staff and administration, the 2 events reportedly reached a settlement settlement in early 2025. Mumma just lately opened Moto Moda, a brand new pizza restaurant in Wedgewood-Houston, and closed three Barista Parlor places round Nashville.
In response to the ruling, Barista Parlor did not adjust to that settlement — notably by not providing the ousted employees their jobs again, per its phrases — additional escalating the labor battle. Alleged poor communication with NLRB’s regional director and failure to comply with NLRB process created extra issues for the corporate, which the board formally dominated in opposition to final week.
Barista Parlor has three weeks to adjust to the ordered treatments, which embody: providing the ousted staff full reinstatement of their positions, computing and paying again pay with curiosity, posting the NLRB-mandated signage, and submitting correct compliance documentation with the NLRB.
