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This morning, especially because hes no longer the ceo of this company. sanders insisted that schultz be a participant. he believes hes the architect of the companys efforts to try and prevent unions from organizing at their stores across the country. listen to how sanders started this hearing this morning. >> starbucks has waived the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in the modern history of our country. that union busting campaign has been led by howard schultz, the multibilli...

Right now up on capitol hill, a highly anticipated senate hearing is getting underway with former starbucks ceo howard schultz in the hot seat. hes facing questions about the companys labor practices. this hearing comes after weeks of classes and back and forth between schultz and committee chair bernie sanders whos vocally pro-union. the not so subtle title of the hearing is, quote, no company is above the law, the need to end illegal busting at starbucks. nbcs ryan nobles has been covering all...

Lawmakers grill the former Starbucks CEO on more than 100 violations of national labor laws

Me if im worth $8 million. excuse me public excuse me. go ahead. alright excuse me. yes, sir. million dollars. thats good news to me. im not aware of it. thats a lie. all right number two records. youre probably looking at some phony right wing into net stuff. it aint true. you should read beyond that. now that exchange very heated between senator bernie sanders and republican senator mark wayne mullen that came during a hearing on starbucks alleged union busting tactics. howard schultz is the s...

It is almost textbook the way they did it. yes, its a stark contrast, of course, to uvalde. with regard to the larger picture here, when its kids involved, you would think it would move mountains in terms of state and federal legislation. were not there yet. while we are working toward that and perhaps an assault weapons ban, we have to take those incremental steps and accept them. chris murphy from connecticut doing laudable work there. we need to continue those incremental steps while playing ...

"Over the past 18 months, Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union-busting campaign in the modern history of our country," Sen. Bernie Sanders told...

Howard schultz about his companys alleged union busting sanders didnt mince any words. he accused starbucks of waging quote the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in modern history. and he noted that schultz, the companys founder, only agreed to testify after being threatened with a subpoena. listen to this exchange between bernie sanders and the starbucks founder. let me remind you that federal law 18 u. s code section 1001 prohibits. knowingly and willfully making any fraudulen...

Giant against allegations of union busting. cbss nikole killion is on capitol hill, where tempers were brewing. >> reporter: with a cup of starbucks by his side, former ceo howard schultz defended the company he founded. >> we have created 5 million jobs from a cup of coffee. >> reporter: as some steaming senators poured on. >> these workers are out there struggling today. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders led the hearing to probe the coffee chains practices, accusing them of being ant...

Ahead. but whats more important is the fact that these are ultimately going to be proposals from the white house. its ultimately going to be up to banking regulators, particularly those at the federal reserve to decide what kinds of regulations they want to take. some of those proposals are things that regulators have already indicated that they themselves are looking at. and then, of course, theres a question of potential congressional action, which is something that president biden has also sa...

The location was shut down last year as employees worked to join a union.