on, has not broken the law most of amy: senator bernie sanders grilled starbucks longtime ceo howard schultz in a testy senate hearing on the coffee company's union busting. we will air experts and speak to a starbucks worker who was fired over his union organizing. then filmmaker jennifer fox. five years ago, she made a remarkable narrative film "the tale" based in part on her perienceurvivinghild xual abuse by a coach. >> changg myse. i don'even rember how used to be. >> i fou a storyou wrote in english. >> wre did y finit? >> what tters is wh it sa. excellent coach. amy: jennifer fox recently revealed the name of the man who abused her, ted nash, a legendary olympic rower and coach. today jennifer fox will come back on democracy now! for her first television interview since making this revelation, which has sparked an investigation by the u.s. rowing federation. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the united nations has adopted a landmark resolution that seeks to hold countries accountable for climate crisis

he threatened to subpoena howard schultz who stepped down as interim starbucks ceo last week. 021, starbucks workers have voted to unionize in nearly 300 stores across the country. sanders accuses starbucks and schultz of waging the most union busting campaign in modern history. >> are you aware that there there be judges that have ruled that starbucks violated federal labor law over 100 times during the past 18 months far more than any other corporation in america? >> starbucks -- let me set this tone for this very early on -- has not broken the law. >> republicans on the panel have accused the nlrb of pursuing a political agenda to bust unions. schultz highlighted starbucks as among the first major businesses the industry to offer health insurance, retirement benefits and stock options. he also took exception to democrats on the committee calling him a billionaire. >> i grew up in federally subsidized housing. i came from nothing. i thought my entire live was based on the achievement of the american dream. i have billions of dollars. i earned it. no one gave it to me. i share

howard schultz: i was not. sen.: have you ever threatened, coerced, or intimidated a worker for supporting a union? howard schultz: i have had conversations that could have been interpreted in a different way than i intended. lisa: but it was also a higher debate over who decides what is best for companies and workers. howard schultz: our preference is to maintain the direct relationship we have had with our employees that we call partners. sen. baldwin: you employ over 235,000 people in, over 3,000 in my state of wisconsin, alone. you can't possibly have a direct relationship with all of them. lisa: it is a high-stakes and closely watched clash, as efforts to unionize have taken shape at other companies, including apple d amazon. some republicans challenged unions in general, including former businessmen and utah senator mitt romney. sen. romney: profit incentive and greed has been there from the beginning of humankind but, there's also a union greed. lisa: others tried to turn the table on committee chair sanders.

howard schultz is another demon, it seems. tell us more. reporter: the hearing was very testy. of really pointed questions from senators. howard schultz used to be this democrat, this leading pioneer when it came to good fair wages for their workers, but the scene was very different. have a listen to some of the testy exchange. >> over the past 18 months, starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal unionbusting campaign in the modern history of our country. that unionbusting campaign has been led by howard schultz, the multibillionaire founder and director of starbucks, who was with us this morning -- is with us this morning only under the threat of subpoena. >> today but reese does in our stores earn on average $17 $.50. respectfully, that's more than the minimum wage of every senator that is represented -- has represented a state on this committee. including respectfully german sanders, where the minimum wage in vermont is $13. david: in e context of the wider drive for trade union rep's incision in this country? >> we have seen an overall decline in terms of membersh

its founder howard schultz stepped down as interim ceo this month. but the company says that its new ceo plans to do a barista shift once a month to stay close to the company's culture. norah? >> really interesting to see all that. nikole killion, thank you so much. >>> well, tonight the mother of a 28-year-old man who died in police custody at a psychiatric hospital is vowing to seek justice forson. family and friends of irvo otieno gathered for his funeral today at a virginia church. otieno, whose family said he long struggled with mental illness died earlier this month after he was pinned to the ground by sheriff's deputies and hospital workers who are now charged with his murder. >>> tonight there are growing >>> tonight there are growing conc [sfx: stomach gurgling] it's nothing... sounds like something. ♪ when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, ♪ ♪ upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes for fast relief... when you need it most. dove 0% is different. we left aluminum out and put unbeatable 48 hours freshness and 1 quarte

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as howard schultz apparently thinks that he is work. and i think the that what the american public should know is that the a unionized workforce is really a much better workforce, not just for the workers and for the employer also, and particularly beneficial in a civil society. so where there's a unionized workforce, we have a more equitable workforce where people of color do much better up to 20 percent better than their non union peers. where the gender gap is caught in half in a unionized workforce where there's higher productivity, higher retention rate, a safer workplace, a happier workplace. and then there's all these myriad of things that ripple out from that so that unionized workers generally give more to charity. they have increased voter turnout, they volunteer in their communities more often. so there's lots of reasons for america to want to have a unionized workforce where employees simply have a say in their workplace, and that was not acknowledged by starbucks at all. hope francis has been admitted to hospital with a, wi

its founder, howard schultz, stepped down as interim ceo this month, but the company says that its newta shift once a month to stay close to the company's culture. norah? >> norah: really interesting to see all that. nikole killion, thank you so much. well, tonight, the mother of a 28-year-old man who died in police custody at a psychiatric hospital is vowing to seek justice for her son. family and friends of irvo otieno gathered for his funeral today at a virginia church. otieno, whose family says he long struggled with mental illness, died earlier this month after he was pinned to the ground by sheriff's deputies and hospital workers who are now charged with his murder. tonight, there are growing concerns over artificial intelligence and the new calls to pause the ai tech race. that's next. is different than other money managers. (other money manager) different how? aren't we all just looking for the hottest stocks? (fisher investments) nope. we use diversified strategies to position our clients' portfolios for their long-term goals. (other money manager) but you still sell investmen

coming up, the former starbucks ceo howard schultz defending the company in front of congress as moreush for unionization. this is bloomberg. >> are you aware that analog has ruled that starbucks violated federal labor law 100 times far more than any other corporation in america? >> starbucks coffee company unequivocally, let me set this up just the tone for this early on, has not broken the law. ♪ >> were you informed of or involved in the decision to withhold benefits from starbucks workers in unionized stores including higher pay and fast -- and off accrual? >> my understanding, when we created the benefits one month after a returned as ceo, my understanding was under the law, we did not have the unilateral right to provide those benefits to employees who were interested in joining a union. jon: this is bloomberg markets. that was some of the commentary from former starbucks ceo should -- ceo howard schultz defending the company's labor tactics. hundreds of branches across the nation voted to unionize and josh ellison is at the capital building covering this. how has that message,

the health and pension panel wants to speak to howard schultz about a growing number of workers who want want to unionize, and those employees are ready to get back the work. >> how is it for you being at work today? >> i have only been to the store about four time since i have been fired, it is very emotional. >> reporter: on ape ril 1st las year, she was fired last year for violating the store's policies, and she says it is retaliation. why do you think that you were fired? >> i think that i was illegally fired, because i was leading the store to unionize. >> reporter: last year, the judge said that starbucks had egregious and widespread misconduct against employees in the buffalo worker, and several workers including krempa must be reinstated. do you want to come back the work here? >> yes, because it is the best job i have ever had. >> reporter: and starbucks is going to look at legal review. now there are 280 unionized stores across the u.s., and to date, starbucks workers united has charged 600 charges against the coffee giant for alleged illegal firings, and starbucks has fired 10

for decades, howard schultz was held as an example of benign us capitalism. his company was supposed to offer ownership equity in a strong benefits package. and now it says that offers a minimum wage of over $17.00 an hour among the highest in the country. right. the committee chair though, sees another picture over the past 18 months. star box has waged the most aggressive and illegal union busting clear pain. in the modern history of our country, that union busting campaign has been led by howard schultz. the starbucks has become the focus of intense criticism by labor groups, or legibly trying to crush attempts by individual stores to unionize. every day we wake up thinking about how we can put our people 1st, put them in a position to win, and do everything we can to demonstrate the conscience, the heart, and the values of starbucks coffee company. and there was support from a number of committee members don't derive one of the great american sex success stories. i don't want to be part of any which 100 vilified any american business, but the committee al

then you have the billionaire businessman and howard schultz and we should note that schultz initially he declined. to appear before this committee, the only relented after being threatened with a subpoena, so bernie sanders did not hold back right? and he basically accused starbucks of illegal union busting the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in modern history and to make his case. he pointed to a ruling from just a few weeks ago from the national liver relations board, which accused starbucks of quote egregious and widespread misconduct in its dealings with employees were trying to union unionized in buffalo, new york, and for his part, schulte stressed that starbucks has not broken the law here, and he referred to these findings from the n l r b as mere allegations . listen to what howard schultz had to say. we have never, ever taken any benefit away and we will never would of anyone who was interested in joining a union. we simply have said that under the law, our understanding is we did not have the right to provide incremental benefits during the bargaining pro

bernie sanders not holding back in his criticism of howard schultz specifically. hultz did everything he could not to appear at this hearing this morning, especially because he's no longer the ceo of this company. sanders insisted that schultz be a participant. he believes he's the architect of the company's efforts to try and prevent unions from organizing at their stores across the country. listen to how sanders started this hearing this morning. >> starbucks has waived the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in the modern history of our country. that union busting campaign has been led by howard schultz, the multibillionaire founder and director of starbucks, who is with us this morning. only under the threat of subpoena. >> reporter: so the opening salvo delivered there by senator sanders. it's a packed hearing room this morning, garrett. many of these union members are in attendance to listen to what schultz has to say. we'll also hear from a member of one of these unions who feels as though starbucks suppressed the ability for the union to orga

unionbusting campaign in the modern history of our country. >> rachel: senators grilling interim ceo howard schultz he and the company repeatedly violated labor laws. >> mr. schultz, i am seriously concerned by reports that starbucks is coercing and in retaliation against workers for exercising their rights to organize for example by unjustly firing workers who were involved in union organizing, conducting surveillance of unit organizers and reducing their work hours. >> no involvement in any specific issues in regards through the union in the district court store. we have never ever taking any benefit away and we would never of anyone who was interested in joining a union. >> what do we want? >> rachel: starbucks is one of several giant corporations who have seen the workers pursue new formation in the past two years. from home depot to amazon to disney. abc's parent company. american workers are seeking out unions to improve pay benefits and working conditions. and tactical support for labor unions has increased since the pandemic. about 71% of americans in support. >> there has been a real shift

former starbucks ceo howard schultz appears bore a senate committee to testify on the coffee change treatment of union organizing efforts. these events and more also stream live on the c-span now video app or online at c-span.org. ♪ >> since 1979, in partnership with the cable, c-span has provided complete coverage from the house and senate floors to congressional hearings, briefings and committee meetings. c-span gives you a front row seat to how issues are debated and decided with no commentary, no interruptions and completely unfiltered. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. ♪ >> house speaker kevin mccarthy talks about a letter he sent the president biting -- president biden. >> there's a way we can get this done early which would help the economy instead of what the president is trying to play. the budget has nothing to do with the debt ceiling. i can pass the budget tomorrow but that doesn't do anything to raise the debt ceiling. we have 4 trillion in savings for the president to negotiate with. if we had met -- if you want to talk budget, we can do the budget any day. let's get t

. >> still to come, after a square off with howard schultz earlier today, bernie sanders joins us ons union busting tactics, that's next. t's next >> back in 2019, it appeared that former starbucks ceo howard schultz was going to run for president as an independent in 2020. he suggested that his campaign would be funded by his own personal fortune. he hired high-profile consultants, like steve schmidt, milburn, but it flamed out incredibly fast. record time. after, that two things happened. he returned to starbucks as an interim ceo in 2022,, and the labor movement at starbucks broke through after decades of not having a single unionized shop in the entire country. after the first win for starbucks workers have been in buffalo in 2021, they follow suit and unionized. starbucks under schultz has been fighting unionization tooth and nail. they've broken federal labor law 130 times. all of that teed of today's anticipated showdown between one of those pro labor members of the u.s. senate, who chairs the health education and pensions committee, and schultz, who is interim ceo until earli

if you know anything about howard schultz, for decades it was praised as a company especially generousworker, highest paid, college educations, benefits galore. now bernie sanders is trashing the guy not doing enough, being closed to unions and workers rights. the world is upside down and hal was right. everybody open the pod bay door. ♪. the new chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam who make...? ...everyday products... ...designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder - that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that... ...i need a breakthrough card... like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more... plus unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases! and with greater spending potential, sam can keep making smart ideas... ...a brilliant reality! the new ink business premier card from chase for business. make more of what's yours. justin baker: across the globe, the vast majority of children with cancer will die. those children deserve so much better. the thing we are called to do is to make sure that those children are

howard schultz will appear before a congressional committee.bruptly resigned last week, accused of illegal anti-union tactics. 300 stores have voted to unionize in the nation since the first one unionized in 2021. since then, the national labor relations board has received 80 formal complaints, the most out of any company, and about 200 starbucks workers say they have been fired according to their union. here is what one starbucks worker had to say to cnbc. >> he claims that he knows what we're going through and struggling through and he wants the best for us. well, he continues to also make our lives hard and difficult when they don't have to be. he cuts our hours and tells us that there's nothing he can do about it, he cuts our pay, he takes away benefits that every worker deserves. >> reporter: so these are the starbucks stores that have been able to unionize in the bay area. santa clara, where i am today, also the san francisco castro district store, berkeley, santa cruz, capitola and san pablo. 10% of union elections are still open, so the

and howard schultz did not look particularly good at the hearing, and you did. >> hey, shout-out. >>g. >> shout-out from margaret carlson who cover a lot in washington. jaysin, what happened to you and others when you did try to organize at starbucks? >> yeah, so when we started to organize at my store, starting off, we announced when we were organizing, they fired a sympathetic store manager. and that store manager had been with the company at least ten years at that point, was well respected in our district. following that, it just became a thing of constant surveillance, and up until we had our election, they didn't than out any discipline whatsoever. after we won our election, again, by a landslide, 26-5, they started handing out writups. they started firing people. and it was every day there was another story of someone being written up. and it was always people who were typically close to me and very ardent in their support of our union. >> margaret, where does that fit into the public thought of joining unions. they have a right to join, they have a right to not join wham jays

thank you for allowing partners to have a seat at this table and howard schultz. that is more than he was willing to offer. to the new ceo, you have an opportunity to chart a different course. to make starbucks the different kind of company, schulz promised, but failed epically to produce. this is a chance to stop its unprecedented campaign of unionbusting and partner with us, your so-called partners. our union to build a company that lives up to its values. >> and this is a former starbucks should soup -- of direct -- nine he and his coworkers unionized their store. in april of 2022 and july, after a strike, he was illegally fired. thank you for being with us. >> i am a wrongfully fired starbucks worker from georgia. i started in 2019. i hired on as a shift supervisor. i became the go to for brief status and management. i was recognized for my dedication and hard work and positive and infectious energy i crated for partners and customers. i one partner of the quarter. my time at starbucks was not bad. i met my wife, who is the mother of our two-year-old. i got to

howard schultz was leaving the company until he stops down in april. >> if a group of people which is now about 300 stores files for a petition to be unionize they have a right to do so but we as a company have a right to say we have a different vision that's better and more dynamic and we have a history to prove it. >> but the barista and shift supervisor just agreed they were some of the first employees to organize to have a say in policies, seniority pay and staffing levels. both women say they were retaliated against. >> i remember days of nonstop surveillance. retaliation were i would no longer be given my shift participants. >> i was presented with an option of working from the inside with my coworkers to make it a better place and to see the procedures would protect me. assuming now they must compensate them for lost wages according to the judges order. she was out of a job for six months after she was fired by the company she said she almost lost her home and went into debt. a return to starbucks would help her get back on her feet. how you feel if you get that opportunity to

we will track howard schultz's congressional testimony today as well.s sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you so much. >>> it is 6:34. we have a live look at the state capitol in sacramento, where a task force will kick off a two-day meeting to determine how reparations should be made to descend ents of enslaved african americans. the public is encouraged to attend. state lawmakers will have the final say. the berkeley school tomorrow will hold its own meeting and san francisco has a committee listening to a new session over the weekend. supervisors are still planning to pick up the debate on reparations this summer. >>> the victims in monday's nashville school shooting are being remembered as investigators try to pin down the shooter's possible motive. three schoolchildren and three staff members died before police officers could kill the shooter. later today, thousands are expected to come together for a city-sponsored memorial for those victims. one of the victims was the head teacher at the covenant school, katherine koonce. two educators flew to

that union bustling campaign has been led by howard schultz. o. starbucks has become the focus of intense criticism by labor groups were legibly trying to crush attempts by individual stores to unionize. every day we wake up thinking about how we can put our people 1st, put them in a position to win, into everything we can to demonstrate the conscience, the heart, and the values of starbucks, coffee company, great thing. and there was support from a number of committee members don't derive one of the great american sex sir success stories. i don't want to be part of any which on that vilified any american business was top of the committee. also heard from some of the more than 80 people who say they've been fired from starbucks for union activity. thank you, chairman sanders. among them, jason saxton a form, a union organizer at starbucks in georgia, who testified he was fired and a phone call to us before the beginning of his shift for what was described as disruptive behavior before the hearing. he told me that far from being disruptive, his

that union busting campaign ha been led by howard schultz.he former ceo fought back, insisting his company is the worker-empowing place it claims to be, touting starbuck'' average wage per hour. >> today baristas in our stores , earned on average $17.50, with benefits and other income included, such as 100% paid college tuition, the first of its kind in american business. lisa: but thousands of workers are demanding more. nearly 300 locations have voted to unionize since 2021. that is about 3% of the chain's u.s. stores. but so far, they are yet to sign a single contract. >> you are out of touch. unionbusting is disgusting. lisa: the national labor relations board has accused the company of hundreds of labor law violations denying raises and , other benefits from pro-union workers. in a buffalo, new york case earlier this month an , administrative judge found starbucks had used egregious and widespread misconduct in an effort involving 20 stores. but schultz insisted the company has never broken the law. >> we're innocent because we've done e

the t s a spree check or border protection's global entry programs, and former starbucks ceo howard schultzl hill today and denied breaking the law is rich edson tells us, schultz faced tough questions from lawmakers about accusations the company tried to undermine efforts by employees to unionize. over the past 18 months, starbucks has waged the most aggressive, any illegal union busting campaign. in the modern history of our country, senator bernie sanders, accusing former starbucks ceo howard schultz of illegally thwarting employee efforts to former union since late 2021 workers at nearly 300. starbucks stores have voted to unionize. the labor group behind the effort has yet to reach a contract with any of those stores. sanders claims schultz led a campaign to fire unionized workers and illegally closed unionized stores. stall bucks broke the law 130 times across six states since workers began organizing in the fall of 2021 vigorously denied breaking any federal labor laws and insisted starbucks is willing to bargain with unionized employees. he says. unions are important in american bus

is how we work now. ♪ >>> tough questions and tense moments dominating former starbucks ceo howard schultz'ss grilled him and others about the company's labor practices. schultz is ing accusations of union busting. >> have you ever threatened, coerced, or intimidated a worker for supporting a union? >> i've had conversations that could have been interpreted in a different way than i intended. >> nbc's garrett haake is live on capitol hill. so garrett, walk us through what happened at this hearing? >> reporter: chris, everything about this hearing was contentious, even the process of getting howard schultz into the chair today has been a weeks' long back and forth that only really came to a conclusion with a subpoena threat. and from the moment the gavel fell at the beginning of this hearing it was contentious. you heard some of that with bernie sanders grilling the former starbucks ceo about the company's labor practices. that's of course the stated focus of this hearing. you had a lot of barista, current and former in the audience there. there was sort of an atmosphere of tension around the

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the main event really was bernie sanders confronting starbucks founder howard schultz about his company's alleged union busting sanders didn't mince any words. he accused starbucks of waging quote the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in modern history. and he noted that schultz, the company's founder, only agreed to testify after being threatened with a subpoena. listen to this exchange between bernie sanders and the starbucks founder. let me remind you that federal law 18 u. s code section 1001 prohibits. knowingly and willfully making any fraudulent statement. i understand that were you ever informed of or involved in a decision? to fire a worker who was part of a union organizing drive. i was not were you ever informed of or involved in a decision to discipline a worker in anyway, who is part of a union organizing trife? i was not have you ever threatened, coerced or intimidated a worker for supporting a union? i've had conversations that could have been interpreted. you know, different way than i intended. to make his point. sanders pointed to a ruling from just a fe

as howard schultz apparently thinks that he is. and i think the that what the american public should know is that the a unionized workforce is really a much better workforce, not just for the workers and for the employer also, and particularly beneficial in a civil society. so where there's a unionized workforce, we have a more equitable workforce where people of color do much better up to 20 percent better than their non union peers. where the gender gap is cut in half in a unionized workforce where there's higher productivity, higher retention rate, a safer work place, a happier work place. and then there's all these myriad of things that ripple out from that so that unionized workers generally give more to charity. they have increased voter turn out, they volunteer in their communities more often. so there's lots of reasons for america to want to have a unionized workforce where employees simply have a say in their workplace. and that was not acknowledged by starbucks at all. when you, when you say that, they want to have a say

so you'd have a president who said, howard schultz, come over to the oval office, maybe we can talk for a few minutes and the american people would know that. one of the things i don't think he'd take me up on my offer by the way, but he would know and i would use the bully pulpit to make sure, what you need is more people such as what bernie sanders is doing saying he's willing to subpoena. but i'll tell you something. you need a president who will say, i want congress to subpoena the c.e.o.'s of not only the union busting companies, but every company that is now price gouging the american people. that has to do with the food companies, inflation, the fact that people can't buy food. this has to do with the food companies, meat packing, agricultural companies, the airlines and all of them. it's time to stop pussy-footing around with this. many of these people know what they're doing and are kind of surprised they haven't been called out before now. and by the way, as i was saying to a gentleman on a plane the other day, very nice man, actually. making it clear to me, you know, he clear

that unionbusting campaign has been led by howard schultz. reporter: starbucks has become the focus of intense criticism by labor groups for trying to crush attempts by individual stores to unionized, every day we wake up trying to think about how we can put our people first and do everything we can to demonstrate the conscience, heart and values. >> there was support. >> dumped to ride a success story. >> i want to be part of the witchhunt. >> the committee heard from people who say they have been hired for union activity. among them, a former union organizer in georgia. he testified he was fired in a phone call. before the hearing, he told me his union work was intended to better the futures of his coworkers and his daughter. >> otherwise, she will have to continue to see mom and dad struggling, i am happy and stressed. the american dream is hussle culture at this point. i want my daughter to have to deal with that. reporter: republicans sharply attacked the national labor relations board, claiming it displayed an anticorporate bias in a bi

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that's where the company's former ceo, howard schultz, will be asked tough questions about what senator bernie sanders believes are efforts to stand in the way of unions forming in u.s. stores. schultz only agreed to appear after facing the prospect of a schultz is expected to argue that he has no problem with their employees joining unions. prepared remarks that nbc has obtained. he is expected to say starbucks respects the rights of all those who need representation. and starbucks is committed to engaging in good faith collective bargaining for each store that has a union. he will go on to say, i embrace the commitment. but senator sanders doesn't buy it and he claims to illustrate the way the company has stood in the way of organizing effort. schultz is arguing they offered competitive pay and health benefits long before the effort to unionize. it could impact starbucks customers. >> all right. ryan nobles for us there in washington. ryan, thank you. >>> also this morning, there are new developments in a case that captivated the nation. an appeals court in maryland reinstating the mu

o, howard schultz, defending his company's aggressive stance against union efforts in an appearance before a u. s. and a committee sholtes who's now the outgoing interim c. e o set his company had a right to push back against the efforts, and that it hadn't broken labor laws or punished employees. an administrative judge ruled against the company earlier this month, saying it intimidated workers and fired organizers. starbucks is appealing that decision, some 300 of starbucks, more than 15000 stores in the u. s. have voted to unionize. chair of the labor committee congressman bernie sanders made the opening argument. and judges have found that starbucks broke the law, all $130.00 times across 6 states, since workers began organizing in the fall of 2021. i do take offense, i have to admit because it's quite personal. when you bring up things that you've heard that are not true, we have never ever taken any benefit away. and we, we never would. of anyone who was interested in joining a union. let's go and stuff on siemens in our washington bureau. stephan, how did this labor dispute turn int

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. >> todd: howard schultz set to testify before the senate today where bernie sanders is expected toim on allegations of union busting. schultz previously tried to side step the hearing but reluctantly agreed to testify are a sanders threatened a subpoena. >> ashley: ted budd serves on the hearing committee holding that today. he joins us now. senator, thanks for being with us. tell us what you want to know from this testimony. >> look, what we see here is we see the biden administration. we see people like bernie sanders. they are essentially weaponizing the federal government against job creators. now, we're going to look at any of the allegations against starbucks under howard schultz tenure but at the same time what's the purpose of the hearing in bernie sanders mind? and ultimately, this increases cost of taxpayers. it's picking winners and losers and usually if it's bernie sanders or joe biden. they are going to pick big labor over the american people and that raises cost for the taxpayers and makes it harder on the worker. >> todd: total overarching approach here why are we do

starbucks and outgoing ceo founder howard schultz taking heat on capitol hill talking about unions andng to bernie sanders who brought him there saying he has the right -- hurt shuttle says he has the right to have a preference -- howard schultz said he has right to have a direct relationship with employees and not unions. stuart: i need to see the outtake from bernie sanders. susan: remember block, known as square, attacked by short short sale hi hindenberg and block recovered up 10% and double dick emberds over the past week and -- digits and over the past week they say it's a buying opportunity for square and block. stuart: battle going on right there. hindenberg versus everybody else. susan, you're all right, thank you very much indeed. everything is bigger in texas including school choice. that's an op-ed written by dr. ben carson who joins me now. doctor, great to have you back again. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: seems there's no holding back school choice in red states. i mean, it's spreading across the board for red states, but what about the blue states? when can we expect ch

we turn now to former starbucks ceo howard schultz.by union busting. we are going to head back to rachel scott, who is on capitol hill with more. nice to see you again, rachel. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. in just a few hours long time ceo of starbucks howard schultz is expected to testify before lawmakers, defending the company against allegations that it has tried to crack down on unions. earlier this month a federal judge found starbucks had violated federal law in new york by retaliating against employees that tried to organize unions and even closed some stores. starbucks is appealing, denying the allegations. schultz is expected to say that starbucks respects the rights of workers to make their own decisions about organizing, and that they are committed to engaging in good faith collective bargaining. those union workers say this is a fight much bigger than starbucks. they know other big companies are watching today as well. guys? >> lot of people have eyes on this. coming up in our gma morning menu, shark and real estate

. >> howard schultz testified over employee efforts to unionize over last 18 months, schultz returneded with evident for better way, bests spoke ahead of today's hearings. >> i don't know what people said i want to tanning directly to you, i care about one thing. my love and responsibility to the company you and families reminded members of congress, and bernie sanders' committee reform who we are what we stand for what we believe? >> that message forced starbucks employees, the senate hearing good to be cheered by bernie sanders accuses schultz starbucks union busting 3% u.s.-based starbucks cafÉs unionized. >> annual price of tuition room and board for academic year at ivy schools, grants scholarships leans can help close the gap, now, princeton will cognitive all expense for most family that make as much as 100,000 a year cutting costs for those that earn more a class of 2023 anxiously awaiting results right now shall we say all parent watching you know that, with rise of tuition quote the value proposition of college can start getting murky, we are seeing a huge shift now trade sc