Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz set to face questioning from Bernie Sanders over employees' unionization push.
-- including what a labor judge found to be union-busting practices -- he'll look to paint Starbucks as a "different kind of public company" that "balances profitability with social conscience."
Schultz is also set to defend Starbucks' negotiation tactics and allege wrongdoing by union organizers -- a view starkly at odds with the Seattle-based company's pro-union employees. In a previous statement announcing Schultz's testimony on Wednesday, Sanders said Starbucks must do more for its workers.
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