Schultz is slated to step down from his third run as CEO on April 1, amid an ongoing labor dispute between the company and hundreds of U.S. stores.
A Senate Committee will vote whether to subpoena Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to testify about alleged efforts to block employee unionization efforts, after the company denied senators’ request for the outgoing CEO—who has increasingly become the face of anti-labor—to appear voluntarily....
The subpoena, which is likely to be approved by the Democrat-controlled committee, comes after the company declined a February 14 invitation from the 11 Democratic senators who sit on the committee for Schultz to testify in a March 9 hearing. Instead, the company offered for a lower-level executive, vice president and chief public affairs officer AJ Jones II to testify, citing Schultz’s upcoming departure from the company on April 1.
Sanders said the committee was left with “no choice, but to subpoena” Schultz, accusing him of denying repeated meeting and document requests and skirting congressional oversight attempts. Starbucks called the upcoming subpoena a “disappointing development” and said the company is “optimistic” that it can work with the committee to find “an appropriate resolution,” spokesperson Andrew Trull said in
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