Starbucks fired the employee responsible for igniting the Starbucks Workers United union campaign.
"I'm absolutely heartbroken. It wasn't just a job for me. It was like my family," Rizzo told CNBC in an interview. "It was like losing everything. I've been there since I was 17 years old. It's like my entire support system, and I think that they knew that."
Sanders chairs the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which conducted the panel. "I don't think it's a coincidence that two days after Howard Schultz had his ego bruised the way that he did that he started lashing out at Buffalo," Rizzo said. She added that two other employees were also fired Friday.
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