Starbucks is pushing back against Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee he chairs ahead of a vote expected next week to subpoena interim CEO Howard Schultz as part of an investigation into federal labor law.
that “the Senate HELP Committee invited Howard Schultz to testify, not a subordinate, because he is the man who engineered and continues to make labor decisions at Starbucks.”
The company asked that others testify instead. Jenkins offered herself, as well as AJ Jones II, the executive vice president and chief communications officer, and May Jensen, the vice president for partner and labor relations.Sanders told NBC News this week that he expects to hold a committee vote next week on subpoenaing Schultz and that he's eying March 15 for him to testify.
“Look, the bottom line here is not complicated. You have a multibillionaire named Mr. Schultz, who’s head of a profitable, multinational corporation, who apparently thinks that he doesn’t have to pay attention to the law,” Sanders said, mentioning citations against him by the National Labor Relations Board. “That’s not what should go on in America. We all have should have one system of justice, whether you’re a billionaire or whether you’re anybody else.
A subpoena requires majority support on the committee, on which Democrats have an 11-to-10 advantage over Republicans. Cassidy said he won't support the subpoena. “I think we’re in pretty good shape,” Sanders said. “I think we’re strong among the Democrats. And I hope that we’ll have Republican support, as well.”
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