'Unfortunately, Mr. Schultz has given us no choice, but to subpoena him,' said SenSanders. 'A multibillion-dollar corporation like Starbucks cannot continue to break federal labor law with impunity.'
on Wednesday announced plans to have the committee he chairs vote next week on whether to subpoena Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who so far has refused to provide testimony about the coffee chain's federal labor law violations.
Schultz to appear before the panel to discuss the company's union-busting amid a national organizing wave.to the invitation, Starbucks noted that Schultz came out of retirement to temporarily return as CEO and will soon step down; he will be replaced on April 1 by Laxman Narasimhan. The company instead offered the testimony of chief public affairs officer AJ Jones II, who has been involved with workers' efforts to unionize at hundreds of stores nationwide.
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