“He has denied assembly and doc requests, skirted congressional oversight makes an attempt, and refused to reply any of the intense questions we have now requested,” Sanders mentioned in an announcement. “Sadly, Mr. Schultz has given us no alternative, however to subpoena him.”
The Senate HELP Committee, which Sanders leads, will vote on the subpoena March 8.
It can additionally vote on whether or not to authorize an investigation into “main companies’ labor legislation violations,” in accordance to the assertion from Sanders’ workplace.
The votes shall be adopted by a listening to on union organizing that may embrace testimony from a number of labor leaders, amongst them AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler.
Starbucks final month declined to have Schultz testify for a listening to scheduled March 9. Sanders and committee Democrats requested him to converse in regards to the firm’s compliance with federal labor legislation and its remedy of pro-union staff.
Starbucks provided its chief public affairs officer and government vice chairman, AJ Jones, in lieu of Schultz, citing the CEO’s deliberate departure from the helm of the espresso chain.
CORRECTION: A earlier model of this report misspelled Liz Shuler’s final identify
