Former Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz faced harsh criticism from lawmakers over the chain's alleged efforts to discourage employees from unionizing.
Former Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz on Wednesday faced harsh criticism from lawmakers for the chain’s alleged efforts to discourage employees from unionizing, but he avoided making commitments to deeper negotiations with the union and repeatedly denied the coffee chain had broken the law.
“Over the past 18 months, Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union-busting campaign in the modern history of our country,” he said. In-depth: Unions’ push at Amazon, Apple and Starbucks could be ‘most significant moment in the American labor movement’ in decades However, when Sanders asked Schultz whether he ever “threatened, coerced or intimidated a worker” for supporting a union, the executive said that was a matter of one’s interpretation.See also: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz targeted in latest complaint to regulators about antiunion activity
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