Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has agreed to testify to a Senate committee investigating the company's labor practices ahead of a vote to subpoena him, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday.
ahead of a vote to subpoena him, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday.
"In America, workers have the constitutional right to organize unions and engage in collective bargaining to improve their wages and working conditions. Unfortunately Starbucks, under Mr. Schultz's leadership, has done everything possible to prevent that from happening," Sanders, an independent from Vermont, said in a news release announcing Schultz's March 29 appearance before the committee.
"I look forward to hearing from Mr. Schultz as to when he intends to end his illegal anti-union activities and begin signing fair first contracts with the unions," Sanders said.
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