Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testifies at Senate hearing

Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz insisted the coffee chain hasn't broken labor laws and is willing to bargain with unionized workers during an often testy, two-hour appearance before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

But he also was firm in his stance that the Seattle coffee giant already provides good wages and benefits and doesn't need a union. And he pointed out that only around 1% of Starbucks’ 250,000 U.S. employees have elected to join a union.

“We've done everything that we possibly can to respect the right under the law of our partners' ability to join a union,” Schultz said. “But conversely, we have consistently laid out our preference, without breaking any law, of communicating to our people what we believe is our vision for the company.”

[raeorion]

He says as partners rep the fallout of hour cuts and store closures. My district manager was fired for being too close to retiring with too many benefits. He was amazing. He knew every partner's name at every store in his district. He made me think Starbucks might actually be a company worth working for. After he was fired I was going to go on maternity leave, but the paperwork said I needed to agree to let Starbucks have access to all my medical records. I went ahead and quit, and after the way they treated our manager I was too disgusted to return. It was disappointing because I enjoyed my work and coworkers and had wanted to transfer after moving. It was disheartening, but I believe in the folks fighting for unionization.

[sandiebrecken]

You can record anything on line as when you're face to face

[bbhumperdinck]

They do need to do just become a union fight for it you have the right