U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday refused to back down on calls to make Starbucks Corp interim Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz, who is stepping down this month, testify at a hearing on the company's compliance with labor law.
Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz delivers remarks at the Starbucks 2016 Investor Day in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoWASHINGTON, March 2 - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday refused to back down on calls to make Starbucks Corp
interim Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz, who is stepping down this month, testify at a hearing on the company's compliance with labor law. Starbucks reiterated on Thursday it has no plans to send Schultz to a U.S. Senate committee hearing set for March 9. In response, Sanders, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's chairman, said he was "shocked and deeply concerned that Howard Schultz would continue to defy a request made by a majority of members on the Senate HELP Committee.""Let's be clear.
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