Bernie Sanders Seeks Subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Testimony
- Vermont independent seeks March 8 committee vote on subpoena
- Starbucks has denied allegations of labor violations
Source: Bloomberg
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Senator Bernie Sanders is moving to subpoena Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz to testify before his committee on alleged labor violations.
The Vermont independent has scheduled a March 8 vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to compel Schultz to appear before the panel. Sanders previously invited Schultz to testify voluntarily about complaints filed to the National Labor Relations Board that the coffee chain has violated federal labor laws.