Starbucks CEO Schultz Refuses to Testify on Union-Busting Before Sanders' Committee

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'If Mr. Schultz believes that a multi-billion dollar corporation like Starbucks can break federal labor law with impunity he is mistaken,' says SenSanders

"They're angry at YOU and your despicable union-busting tactics,"In response to Sanders' request for Schultz's testimony, the company offered to send A.J. Jones II, an executive vice president and chief communications officer, instead of the CEO.

"This could get interesting," said labor reporter Steven Greenhouse after Sanders sent the request, noting that the senator has repeatedly called on Schultz to testify. ;&#x201cThis could get interesting;&#x2014Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Labor Committee, & other Democrats on the committee invite Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to testify\n\nSanders has sent 3 letters to Schultz urging him to end "the egregious union-busting campaign" against Sbux workers;&#x201d"If Mr.

Sanders said last week that he is willing to use the panel's subpoena power to force Schultz to testify, but he did not address that possibility directly in his statement.that the HELP Committee intends "to be asking Mr. Schultz some very hard questions" and that Starbucks and other union-busting corporations "should be nervous."

"This is corporate greed," Sanders told the outlet. "Workers have a constitutional right to organize. And even if you are a large, multinational corporation owned by a billionaire you don't have the right to violate the law."Our work is licensed under Creative Commons . Feel free to republish and share widely.

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