Starbucks’ Howard Schultz faces Bernie Sanders at union-busting hearing

Senator, a longtime critic of company’s former CEO, chairs committee accusing chain of ‘flagrant violations of labor law’

Starbucks’ former CEO Howard Schultz will face off with one of his fiercest critics on Wednesday before a Senate committee that has accused the coffee chain of running “the most significant union-busting campaign in modern history”.

The hearing, “No Company is Above the Law: The Need to End Illegal Union Busting at Starbucks,” is being chaired by Senator Bernie Sanders, a longtime critic of Starbucks’ anti-union activities.