Union showdown: Starbucks' Howard Schultz faces Bernie Sanders in the Senate

Billionaire Howard Schultz, the anti-union architect of Starbucks, will testify today on allegations that the company has been breaking labor laws — and Sen. Bernie Sanders, a mascot of the union movement, will question him.

"egregious and widespread misconduct demonstrating a general disregard for the employees."

"You know the number one thing that I want to hear from Mr. Schultz? Is that he's going to obey the law — not a very radical proposition," Sen. Sanders told NPR on Tuesday."And I hope that by the end of the hearing, what Mr. Schultz will say is that he is prepared to sit down with the union and negotiate a contract.

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