Sen. Bernie Sanders and Howard Schultz will square off in a highly anticipated hearing about Starbucks's labor practices on Wednesday.
“I’m hoping that Mr. Schultz will acknowledge that it’s wrong for a large, multinational corporation to break the federal labor law and deny their workers the right to organize,” Sanders said in a brief interview. “And I hope he will tell the committee that he is in fact going to sit down, or have his staff sit down, and finally negotiate the first contract for Starbucks workers.”
“Starbucks respects the right of all partners to make their own decisions about union representation, and Starbucks is committed to engaging in good faith collective bargaining for each store that has a union. I embrace these commitments,” Schultz will say. . Sanders, a two-time Democratic presidential primary runner-up who has built a brand as a champion of labor unions, has taken a keen interest in Starbucks and Schultz.Stefani Reynolds / AFP - Getty Images fileby Democratic majority staff on the HELP Committee declared:"Under Schultz’s leadership, Starbucks has become the most aggressive union-busting company in America."
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