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Starbucks' Howard Schultz to Testify Before Senate Committee, Senator Sanders Says

March 07, 2023 at 12:58 pm EST

By Denny Jacob

Starbucks Corp. interim Chief Executive Howard Schultz has agreed to testify before a Senate committee, Senator Bernie Sanders said Tuesday.

The coffee chain executive agreed to testify before the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which is chaired by Mr. Sanders.

Mr. Sanders said the committee was scheduled to vote Wednesday to subpoena Mr. Schultz. He also alleged that Starbucks, under Mr. Schultz's leadership, has "done everything possible to prevent" unionization and collective bargaining efforts.

Starbucks didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

A drive to unionize new Starbucks cafes is slowing as the company has doled more pay and expanded benefits to nonunionized cafes. Starbucks is among a number of union campaigns that emerged at major U.S. retailers in recent years. Workers at Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and outdoor retail chain Recreational Equipment Inc. have filed for union elections at some locations.

Write to Denny Jacob at denny.jacob@wsj.com

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Howard Schultz

Mr. Howard D. Schultz is a Chairman-Emeritus at Starbucks Corp., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Starbucks Coffee Singapore Pte Ltd., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Starbucks Italy Srl and a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Starbucks Coffee Australia Pty Ltd. He is on the Board of Directors at Pinkberry, Inc. and Starbucks Corp. Mr. Schultz was previously employed as a Co-Founder by Maveron LLC, a Co-Founder by Schultz Family Foundation, a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer by IL Giornale Coffee Co., a Director-Retail Operations & Marketing by Starbucks Coffee Co., a Vice President & General Manager-United States by Hammarplast AB, and a Chairman by The Basketball Club of Seattle LLC. He also served on the board at Square, Inc., Groupon, Inc., DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and Potbelly Sandwich Works LLC. He received his undergraduate degree from Northern Michigan University.

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