STARBUCKS has been accused of union busting tactics as workers in a number of its New York stores continue their fight for recognition.

The global coffee chain has deployed top executives to turn up at stores in Buffalo, where a unionisation campaign is underway, where they are pulling staff into “intimidating one-to-one meetings,” it was claimed on Tuesday.

It is reported to have employed union-busting firm Little Mendelson to lead mandatory “anti-union meetings” for all workers.