Bernie Sanders Slams Starbucks’ Union-Busting CEO for Refusing to Testify Before Senate Committee
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2023-02-15

Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz declined an invitation to testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. In response the Chair of that committee, Bernie Sanders, wasn't happy. Sanders put out a scathing statement denouncing Schultz and tacitly threatening him with a subpoena.

Sources:
Sanders Slams Starbucks CEO for Refusing to Testify: https://www.commondreams.org/news/howard-schultz-sanders-testify
Howard Schultz Refused to Testify: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/starbucks-howard-schultz-bernie-sanders_n_63eccdbde4b02c257379d92e
Howard Schultz Says Starbucks Workers are “Angry”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/08/starbucks-union-ceo-howard-schultz/
Sanders Responds to Schultz: https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1625906328832028686
NLRB Demands Schultz Apologize to Workers: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzp5k/nlrb-demands-starbucks-anti-union-ceo-record-video-send-apologies-to-workers

Chapters:
0:00 Howard Schultz Busting Unions
1:45 Schultz on Why Stores Unionize
3:24 Bernie Sanders Goes After Schultz
6:37 Outro

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