Starbucks CEO agrees to testify before Congress following Sanders subpoena threat

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, the president of the Coffee Giant, agreed to give evidence before the Senate on the coffee giant’s alleged violations of labor laws. He did so just one day prior to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). held a vote Subpoena him.

After the CEO of Starbucks repeatedly refused to give evidence before the Senate, the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee agreed to subpoena Schultz. The exact date of the testimony is not known.

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“The HELP Committee was scheduled to vote tomorrow to subpoena him and I want to thank the members of the Committee who, in a bi-partisan way, were prepared to do just that,” Sanders said in a statement. “Let’s be clear. 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.”

Shortly after Vermont senator Bernie Sanders became chairman of the committee, Sanders requested Schultz’s testimony. Schultz was not made available by the company, as he announced that he would be leaving the company at the end of this month.

Sanders called this a “movement” because the company made it clear that they would make other executives available to be questioned. “disappointing.”

Schultz’s testimony follows more than 80 complaints by the National Labor Relations Board against Starbucks for alleged violations to federal law