Exchange between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Senate EPW Committee Chair Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questions former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on unions.
Sanders: "Have you ever threatened, coerced, or intimidated a worker for supporting a union?"
Schultz: "I’ve had conversations that could’ve been interpreted in a different way than I intended..."
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[@cleanremarks]

I'm fully convinced that CEO's on that level are REQUIRED to be sociopathic.

[@angelm3670]

in order to become a billionaire you have to be sociopathic, there is no billionaires that didn't achieve their status without exploitation

[@dormilon36]

It helps!

[@yodhin79]

Obama ordered a drone strike on a wedding in Afghanistan in order to kill one suspected terrorist. The result was dozens of dead innocent people including children. Don't talk to me about sociopaths until you realize both sides are chalk full of them.

[@ShawnHartmann-ul2qk]

Statistically true. Sociopathy is exhibited by 5% of the general population, but around 80% of CEOs. As such, their positions are obtained through unethical behavior rather than merit, which greatly harms the workers, weakens their companies, and damages the country as a whole.

[@JB-mh5xy]

@Trance #1fan A *sociopath, but yes.

[@samuelcuellar8699]

So he was ordered by a federal judge to do that and he says he’s not willing to do that. I’m pretty sure if I did that I’d be held in contempt.

[@scottburns2600]

A judge can't tell someone how to run their business. Period

[@andrew_owens7680]

@@scottburns2600 So then businesses have a right to make people wear masks, even if the government doesn't require it? Oh wait, despite all the moaning, they do.

[@mariejesikah]

@@scottburns2600 lol that’s funny because that’s literally what the federal government can do

[@nicks-fix]

@@scottburns2600 it’s called regulations and it literally happens all the time in every sector.

[@ArktinenJenkki]

@@scottburns2600 Ah, another theorist

[@prattacaster]

They'd rather pay millions in legal fees than treat their employees like valuable peoples

[@thetasworld]

Ever wonder why?

[@TheMarcosvolta]

@@thetasworld margins. they rather spend $1.0 million on legal fees than pay their employees $1.1 million in wages. its what capitalism does because the whole point is to get the most out of the least overhead possible. its entirely sociopathic and deliberately ignorant towards inflation, costs of living, soaring rent prices and what would generally seem fair to the average worker. then of course we're supposed to buy into the lie that the so called "Free market" will regulate itself and customers and employees will simply gravitate towards businesses that do better business - but we all know thats complete fucking bullshit, just like the lie that trickle down economics works and we should be handing out more tax breaks to billionaires. its just plain old exploitation, just dressed up as "the american way," in order to promote selfish individualism and divisive rhetoric.

[@kAY-yl5en]

its still cheaper that way.

[@RoughRaiders13]

Because they don't deserve it. They're not saving the world. THEY POUR COFFEE

[@johnmaris1582]

They are not as valuable as you yourself as a customer would pay them.

[@sblack48]

Wait, so when a judge says you violated a law that’s considered an allegation?

[@adityag485]

Its NLRB judge so I mean take their decisions with a grain of salt

[@horvathsogranfume658]

when ur a billionaire, nothing matters

[@YanBrassard]

That's the problem with corporate organizations and the legal system. They can pretend that those are allegations as long as their legal team has enough money to appeal to the decision until Supreme Court. It allows them to break the laws for a couple of years (the legal process is extremely long), hope that a judge at some point in the process will be on their side and, if not, they will pay a huge fine that isn't high enough to cover all the profits that they wouldn't have made if they followed the law in the first place.

[@josedelbosque7559]

@@YanBrassard That is basically the problem of every human. "Prove me guilty and until then, I'm innocent", even though, deep down, that person knows he is guilty. What people who resort to this fail to understand is that this behaviour plays against them in the long term. Once guilt is accomodated by law, people will see how they refused to accept it in the first time, and people will lose confidence in them.

[@YanBrassard]

@@josedelbosque7559 Exactly. If he is not admitting his fault until he is condemned, people will have trust issues in the brand and it will harm them more than anything else. Maybe the Starbucks CEO relies on the fact that even with a court fine their customers will remain faithful to the brand. I do not know why people prefer Starbucks over independent coffee shops (that are usually offering a better quality at the same price), but in every country that I visited (Paris, New York, Istanbul and I'm currently in Taipei) people are making lines in front of Starbucks stores when there is a crazy good independent coffee shop one or two streets away... I think that the random customer is simply lazy and will go the brand that they know instead of searching on Google for a nearby coffee and see all the alternative options.

[@loreleilazuli8874]

I love all the anti union bootlickers in the comments. Workers have a RIGHT to organize. Do you enjoy your weekends off? 5 day work week? 40 hours with overtime pay? Benefits? Vacation time? THANK UNIONS. They made the middle class in this country.

[@ericolsen18]

Henry Ford started the 40 hour 5 day work week, not unions

[@loreleilazuli8874]

@@ericolsen18 health benefits? Overtime pay? Vacation time? 401 k? Safer working conditions? Pensions? The end of child labor (which BTW republicans are trying actively dismantle in red states at this moment)? I didn't think so. Sit tf down.

[@JodyOwen-we6oo]

I’ll give you this. In the early part of the 20th century unions had a role to play. Then they got corrupt and frankly idiotic. They got to a point where they were dangerous parasites on industry. A major airline pilots union about 15 years ago struck for a rate of oat tge business model couldn’t support. They refused to compromise. The airline went bankrupt. Now not only the pilots but everyone else at that company was out of work. That’s unions in a nutshell and has been for 75 or more years. Basically mafia type extortion racketeers.

[@Harry-Sachs]

Hard work makes the middle class

[@loreleilazuli8874]

@@Harry-Sachs no it does not. Without unions you'd be slaving away for 5 dollars an hour, no benefits, no weekends. That's how capitalism works.

[@brewn0te]

Unless I'm misunderstanding (very possible): Did the CEO say they'll only negotiate one store at a time? There are over 30,000 stores. The intentional hindrance can't be that obvious.

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

Yes he did say that. That’s how blatant it is

[@froth7133]

At this point 300 stores have voted unions out of the 30,000 … the unions have ASKED for each store to bargain on their own independently. Not Starbucks.

[@andrewmohlala3262]

😓😓

[@Rakiell]

​@@froth7133 Yes but you don't need to meet EVERY STORE in person. That's just woefully inefficient. Teams calls and encrypted video channels are perfectly fine. We are negotiating contracts, not renovating a store.

[@Emmanuel-ne3oi]

This is the fault of the union

[@tragicrhythm]

Schultz probably knows even if he broke the law it’ll be difficult to hold him accountable. It seems to be an ongoing trend.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

As long as the rich never admit to breaking laws, then, that's it. They didn't. End of story. Those with the money and power WIN. Those without these things LOSE. Winners and losers; nothing more.

[@henrikpersson4698]

well he's rich so

[@dasrhinegold]

@@elperrroverde what’s your job ?

[@MrAschiff]

@@dasrhinegold What's yours?

[@whiteybears9520]

@BRT Breaking federal labor laws over 100 times doesn’t make you a trend setter… it makes you a dick.

[@michawhite7613]

"I didn't know we were allowed to provide employees with benefits?"

[@nias2631]

Aren't CEO's at the top level of responsibility in a corporate structure. Seem like they never are involved in decisions or know what is going on in their operations.

[@carlosmesa5077]

When it is a CEO of a 100 team corporation maybe but when you have almost half a million team members I doubt they know each one’s birthday and calls to wish them happy birthdays or knows small details as who was fired and so forth 😉

[@holdmybeer123]

Are you demanding accountability from a CEO? Who are you? Go ask your local Congressman or Senator to read a damn bill before they vote for it in Congress. They pass these 50,000 page bills and almost every American is a criminal now. Most Congressmen don't even know what's on page 2. That's the real swindle, not some private company CEO who happens to even give 401k and college tuition benefits to the minimum wage employee. Do you know that for every worker wanting to unionize, there's 8 different jobseekers willing to take on the same job without the benefits of the union? (At Starbucks)

[@xMoondo]

@@carlosmesa5077 that’s not what @Nias was saying. When you have issues like Unionization and Union busting, no matter how large, you best believe that the CEO is made aware. You’re intentionally misrepresenting his comment to make it seem insignificant when you knew what he was meaning.

[@andrew_owens7680]

They are like Zeus. They look down at the insects on earth and send down lightning bolts to terrorize them. They don't seem capable of making anyone's life better except their yes men and themselves.

[@mortaak181]

@@carlosmesa5077 I think you're missing the point. Good CEOs understand the actual direction that shit should roll, which is uphill. If someone who manages one of your departments fucks up you as the CEO need to own it. Not just blame someone else.

[@babykots]

He for sure said “if you hate Starbucks so much, why don’t you go work somewhere else”.

[@justina8752]

Which I agree with 100%.

[@justina8752]

No problem. I agree that they should just quit, but they need meaningful alternatives.

[@justina8752]

No problem. I agree that they should just quit, but they need meaningful alternatives.

[@justina8752]

No problem. I agree that they should just quit, but they need meaningful alternatives.

[@323azteca]

Whether he said it or not, its a true and fair statement. Employee/employer relationship is created via a CONTRACT. We both agree with its content and conditions. If I dont like it, I should leave and find one I like. What drives salary up is the desire for a company to contract the greatest, not "anybody". Be the greatest and you'll be well paid. Be mediocre,and you should not. Only laws protect mediocricy.

[@loikvokhidov7688]

"Just because you did it, doesn't mean you did it" - Saul Goodman

[@irietropicals4255]

This CEO seems like a serial killer

[@rsr789]

They are all psychopaths that need to be parentally terminated by society.

[@hizz4735]

@@rsr789 instead of bitch-ing and moaning and being a pathetic bottom feeder, how about you start your own business, let's see how that pans out.

[@atwarwithdust]

“We can’t ignore what is happening in the country as it relates to companies throughout the country being assaulted, in many ways, by the threat of unionization.” - Howard Shultz, April 4th 2022

[@paulbasaur]

lol so silly its cringe

[@whosaidiwantedahandle]

Lol imagine if he spoke this bluntly about his views before congress

[@MrDarthVadersMom]

Disgusting.

[@f.j.h.4194]

That pretty much tells the mindset of this greedy, lying sack of 💩

[@orionide4032]

​@@paulbasaur unions are cringe

[@squareinsquare2078]

It's pretty easy actually, just stop going to Starbucks. Just boycott it. Get your coffee somewhere else, there are plenty of options. We're not forced to make these people richer, we just do it because we are stupid.

[@TheNewCarryTrade]

I completely agree...I live near the buffalo store and will continue to boycott any unionized store. I just want a cup of coffee not subsidize a union.

[@squareinsquare2078]

@@TheNewCarryTrade Sure thing, it's nice to support billionaires too instead, they definitely need the money.

[@blacksabbathmatters]

​@@TheNewCarryTrade why would you boycott a place where people unionized? Are you a communist?

[@TheNewCarryTrade]

@@squareinsquare2078 I'm sorry friend. I must have misunderstood your comment. I thought that you were advocating for the free market to set wages and compensation. My bad...Whenever I've felt underpaid, I simply found a different job. That's worked well especially during one of the largest labor shortages in history.

[@squareinsquare2078]

@@TheNewCarryTrade But if everyone did that you'd have no one to serve your coffee...

[@ScottAdamLancaster]

Love how he has the Starbucks in view when the camera is on him. Product placement is always powerful.

[@Geekus]

I noticed that too. Should that even be permissible? It could be seen as leveraging a matter of legal importance for commercial benefit.

[@truthfinanceacademy]

😂😂

[@creativemindplay]

Who doesn't know what Starbucks is or see the logo daily already?

[@Waliwallace]

It’s deeper than that dummy

[@zxbc1]

@@creativemindplay So you're saying because everyone knows you're an idiot, your advertising doesn't count as advertising?

[@Michael-yg1qd]

Deceit comes naturally for people this wealthy.

[@JodyOwen-we6oo]

Sanders? Yeah.

[@jwjeieikwnwwn]

​@@JodyOwen-we6oo One made money by taking risks, (if his business had failed, no one would have paid his debts, these parasites want to distribute the owner's profits, but not distribute the debts.

[@jwjeieikwnwwn]

​@@JodyOwen-we6ooSander made his fortune from taxes, the billionaire from creating jobs, taking risks and above all satisfying consumers

[@Nigelrathbone1]

Judges don't make allegations - they make final determinations of culpability after examining the evidence.

[@RonDeSantis2028]

That’s not always the case, that’s only in a bench trial

[@teo2975]

Nigel you do NOT know NLRB law. NLRB "judges" are not federal judges. They can't issue contempt, they can't marry you and most importantly they are not approved by the senate. They can't find a person "guilty" of a crime. They are administrative personnel. And cases like this go to "exception" which is similar to an appeal and administrative judge rulings are very often overturned.

[@badluck5647]

Judges issue non-binding opinions all the time.

[@joeshumo9457]

Tell us you don’t know how things work by actually saying it.

[@darieng619]

Bless Bernie. That man should be President right now. He is the ONLY member of Congress that has consistently, for decades fought for the American worker.

[@patrickdunleavy3812]

Sorry, Bernie is a fraud. His schtick is caring about the 'little guy", so he has a platform to pitch. I've dealt with him since he was the mayor of Burlington. He and his family have always been about making money for themselves (look up Burlington College sometime). I think he has a role to play in Washington by ruffling some feathers, but to say he should be the President right now is outrageous. The past 6/7 years in the Capital should make that perfectly clear!

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

And when they start calling you a "partner" or mentioning their workplace is a "family" you are in trouble already. #HowardSchultz #UnionBuster

[@stefanc4520]

"Mr Chairman we didn't break the law. We were just found guilty of breaking the law, it's completely different!"

[@empirecity61]

It is totally different. Just because a judge says something is moral or legal does not make it moral or legal. Have you not ever heard of Dred Scott???

[@peterino2]

@@empirecity61 moral is up to you but legally... its literally the definition of legal..

[@stefanc4520]

@@empirecity61 he's not talking about morality. He keeps saying they didn't break the LAW when they were already found guilty of breaking the law. Like it was already official.

[@maryok4099]

The NLRB is a totally political organization. They view their mission as promoting unions. They do not feel it is their role is being fair to the employer.

[@HansKim-gh5di]

This exchange makes me dislike Schultz even more. These billionaires should be taxed out of billionaires.

[@michaelmcdonnell203]

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.

[@utkarsh2746]

Google 'Legal Personhood'

[@Waliwallace]

Do you understand what a monopoly is or are you dumb ? It’s not as easy as don’t go to Starbucks. This corporation has worked hard to make sure they are the only option for many people

[@LEK-we2hh]

Free market. Supply and demand !!

[@jacasadia]

The unreasonableness of Howard and his team is hard to understand especially when you take into account Howard's family history. It's frustrating to watch. We need stronger tools in this country to support workers.

[@andrew_owens7680]

We have a huge tool if the Democratic Party can pull it off - taxation! We need to form an international coalition to catch and tame these tax evaders.

[@elirien4264]

We used to have those tools. They were called unions.

[@jeffjeffries3469]

There are many tools in congress, and many of them don't care about working people.

[@Lion-ji4jr]

Or just start a business and play the game instead of be a wagie

[@mckenzie.latham91]

“I earned all my money, i had nothing and no help” --Howard Shultz “I don’t like being called a billionaire despite having billions cause I grew up poor and working class in government assisted housing...” --Also Howard Shultz The self described self made men never seem to be 100% self made do they? They always seem to ignore any instance where they took or had help from government and tax payer paid programs, or government and corporate welfare handouts written for them by the lobbyists they pay to bribe those official to write said laws

[@ruthpicon2203]

Thank you Senator Sanders for holding this hearing. Howard Schultz should not be above the law. No matter how many lawyers he can afford to hire.

[@Jiggy609]

Bernie is a clown

[@LEK-we2hh]

How many people Mr Sanders employ ? Pay them very good ? Socialism = jealousy ! Did you live in a socialist / communist country ? I did !((

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Smug CEO deflecting and making up facts and deceiving the public as usual

[@January.]

*deceiving

[@bmass0828]

As if politicians themselves never do that. Stop drinking the kkol-aid

[@jerrybesch8532]

Have you ever heard of joe biden?

[@AJ-hc5zo]

@@bmass0828 So politicians lie so we shouldn't worry about CEOs lying, big brain thinking.

[@bmass0828]

@@AJ-hc5zo The point is that they all lie, and for you to suckle the teet believing the uniparty has any actual interest in your well being is foolish. Even if you think they are moral righteous, they aren't, even ol folding chair sanders really only cares about maintaining that cushy 6 figure job. Its only gig brain thinking cause yours is so smooth.

[@brittanymiller5585]

He wants it to be in person only so no one can do a screen recording of the meeting.

[@jeffbrown-hill7739]

That was my first thought.

[@tracker831]

*Ding ding ding*

[@thezpn]

I mean how is he supposed to bribe the union leader without employees finding out if the leader demands transparency in negotiations?

[@utahgetmetwo456]

Yup

[@samuelcuellar8699]

That’s because not only would it help the union’s negotiations but it would also be evidence in any other issue

[@srobg1956]

I’m sure it won’t break their bank but I’m done with Starbucks. Grew up in a Union household and hate the way Starbucks has treated their employees.

[@ClickToPreview]

Just the words union and household put together says everything. You should start your own business that requires multiple employees to show up and follow the company rules to stay afloat, attempt your ass off to make a yearly profit, and possibly (maybe) open a second location a few years later to repeat the original success. Now imagine your employees want to erase your ability to grow your business with their inane tyrannical unionization tactics to the point where you can't even keep the original business you busted your ass for years to keep afloat, and you have to let everybody go and close the business. Boy, those employees sure did themselves and you a favor didn't they? LOCUSTS.

[@wanderlustendumado5396]

Same with Amazon, I wish we could boycott them, but let's be honest, it's too convenient.

[@LEK-we2hh]

They can go work some other place !! Free market !!

[@wanderlustendumado5396]

@@LEK-we2hh which they will, gladly do. Nobody wants to work for corporate scum who treat employees like shiz. It's a new era.

[@hellacooook]

what’s your view on the teamsters tentative agreement?

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

There's a reason why teachers firefighters policemen nurses have unions and not to mention UPS...

[@billyb4790]

Because they work for The most corrupt employer in the world.

[@Meton2526]

Yes, and that reason is cronyism and corruption in the government.

[@desboukis]

Yeah, and there’s a reason why McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Arby’s AND STARBUCKS…etc DO NOT!

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

@@desboukis no I don't think so actually

[@desboukis]

@superwalkingtours Well, I guess all those companies will soon be unionized 🙃

[@fredadark5616]

I would say I'll start boycotting Starbucks for being anti-union, but I stopped drinking their overpriced swill a long time ago...

[@hotrox2112]

It Stopped in 2008 for me...and I would still boast the question to anyone who could please explain to me where the value is in a $6.00 cup of coffee? Bartenders everywhere would like to know!

[@reichbates6548]

Unions have destroyed a lot of companies!

[@keaka560]

Have you ever started a business and take all the risk? Yes boycott, no one is forcing you to buy premium coffee. Can never figure out why anyone would spend that much for a cup of heated water and beans

[@charliecmo]

Welcome to Captialism, my friend. You don't have to go there, and that is your choice. People aren't forced to work there either. Some of you people should just go move to Cuba!

[@fredadark5616]

@@reichbates6548 Having been a union member for more than 30 years, I've only seen jobs saved.

[@January.]

I wish Bernie many, many years of good health and happiness.

[@whylogicalthinking]

It’s all a fucking act

[@alanhyt79]

@@whylogicalthinking GFY

[@alanhyt79]

@Black King Come out of the closet, black queen

[@Olsenator]

All the years!

[@Mncrr]

And many years of wealth. Richest socialist in Washington

[@ryanmcfarland5060]

Buffalo NY is my hometown and I lived in Seattle where Starbucks is based. most people in Seattle DID NOT like Schulz at all. he was instrumental in selling the Supersonics to Oklahoma in 2008, the longest established pro team in Seattle history at the time…the guy is typical profit over people CEO

[@Godfather_24]

A tragic BS move.

[@stevemccaskey4416]

BS move for sure. Pro franchises are a for profit business, but they are also part civic institutions. Schultz, a billionaire, decided that the City wouldn’t allow the team to be profitable enough for his liking, so he gave the whole entire city the finger and sold them. What a guy…. $ is all he cares about…

[@LEK-we2hh]

Good for him! You can do that too )))

[@stejer211]

Can we finally stop saying that Starbucks sells coffee? Overpriced comfort drinks for babies who don't like coffee is more appropriate.

[@_Singularity_]

I bet the coffee you drink is hard as fuck. Stygian black no doubt

[@mandyinseattle]

Get em, Bernie!! Thank you

[@elias_____6868]

@blackking3473 wtf do u mean by that

[@Croiseeman]

@@elias_____6868 Means he's a Fraud.

[@elayneadkinson3551]

@@elias_____6868 Don’t give the likes of ignorance and hate any attention. 😉

[@oceania2385]

What union does Bernie belong too ?

[@elayneadkinson3551]

@@oceania2385 Do the research, you’ll find your answer. 😊

[@gdbruin777]

I wish that all committee questioning were more like this. No grandstanding or yelling, no stupid visual aids made to score political points with the base. Just a very well prepared Senator with well thought out questions. Well done Senator Sanders

[@thezpn]

Q: Mr. CEO, did you break the law? A: The company did not break any law. But that wasn't the question

[@Packer1290]

That's really the whole purpose of a corporation right? Its a collective with no one person being responsible. Its literally called a Limited Liability Corporation for a reason.

[@joshbranson12457]

Accountancy 101: the owners and the business are to be considered as separate entities.

[@RickNowels1]

Let's support the privately owned local coffee shop. Not Starbucks.

[@avlasting3507]

Time to boycott Starbucks. What a despicable human being. Bravo Bernie. 💙

[@EricT01]

But if you boycott Starbucks wouldn't it lead to store closing and people unionizing losing their job or being forced to accept non union pay?

[@dasrhinegold]

@@EricT01 keep touching your forelock .

[@lisaholgash2924]

Schultz is not above the labor law.

[@nunyabiz8149]

What laws has he broken? Why hasn't he been arrested?

[@pookz3067]

@@nunyabiz8149 look at what his company has been charged with. Schultz deserves to rot in prison for the rest of his life.

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

he thinks he is

[@rickvanderwoude7262]

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[@rickvanderwoude7262]

@@pookz3067 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGrGcoZ3grCfeLc

[@DavidKing123]

He's pretty good at soulless corpspeak.. I wonder if ChatGPT could do the same

[@rsr789]

That's because he's a psychopath with no ethics, morals, or humanity. And his actions demand society terminates him from the ranks of the living.

[@andrewstachowski3375]

i know bernie has been doing it for almost 50 years now

[@jantaljaard835]

Howard Shultz should be charged with obstructing the cause of justice AND perjury.

[@Antonath]

I love how he says that they didn't do anything illegal, like everyone including the government is just going to trust that...

[@ericanderson8795]

Would you prefer he lie?

[@justice5657]

@@ericanderson8795 except they did break the law. My district held two meetings trying to intimidate workers from unionizing. My friend’s store is suing the district manager for such.

[@ericanderson8795]

@@justice5657 define intimidate in this context

[@justice5657]

@@ericanderson8795 Our DM (wont tell you what district) has shut down the unionized stores in the city, they hosted a store meeting with us (the employees) and the DM. They brought up the frustrations of our baristas when labor cuts started happening (despite our increase in profits at our location). He said it’s great that workers have the right to unionize. He also said that it would be out of his control if we did unionize and if we became the third to get closed down.

[@justice5657]

@@ericanderson8795 it started with the stores unionizing and formulating a contract, to them getting fully shut down.

[@josephrojas9097]

He’s lying; as a former partner I have been witness to Starbucks violating federal labor law.

[@justice5657]

Same here. Our DM is getting sued by one of the closed down stores after they unionized.

[@rickvanderwoude7262]

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[@brianmilo7662]

I don’t get it. If I owned a company and hire someone, and he makes demands I don’t want to meet, why can’t I just hire someone without the demands?

[@orionide4032]

If you dont like the contract go work somewhere else.

[@josephrojas9097]

@@orionide4032 I did, you bootlicker 😂

[@nawkea6478]

INVESTIGATE HOME DEPOT! 😡

[@seanp2357]

Bernie getting right to the point and making CEOs squirm, that's the kind of guy I want representing me. He's the reason this is even being investigated

[@killap3nguin]

Lmao. A guy who’s literally done nothing. Hasn’t made a single persons life better

[@seanp2357]

@@killap3nguin He's literally making tons of people's lives better right now by enforcing our right to unionize. Just like he fought for civil rights, gay rights, and legislation that helps poor and middle class people since when even most Democrats were openly racist and elitist (yes, some of them still are and hide it). What he didn't accomplish, was blocked by politicians that don't give a shit about the American people. Maybe you don't believe in any of those things, in which case it's not even worth having this conversation. And even so, do you think that trying to make people's lives better and failing is worse than actively harming them like 90% of Congress?

[@dankodde6721]

Didn't appear to be squirming to me. Just doesn't want a union. I don't blame him. Work somewhere else if you don't like it. Plenty of jobs out there.

[@harryjr1133]

This is why there should have been a president Bernie Sanders.

[@samuelcuellar8699]

Negotiating under a single store, basis, undermines the union

[@gigilaroux762]

Stick it to THE MAN Bernie!! ☄️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LEK-we2hh]

He will pay more for his workers )))) Sell coffee very cheap 🙈

[@jasonlange6439]

I will never return to Starbucks. Union Strong 💪

[@Dragoneyesroxy]

You won’t be missed every time I drive by one cars are around the block at the drive through, people need to get their fix.

[@Ted_Stryker]

Hell yeah. Get em Bernie.

[@Ted_Stryker]

@Black King Wow, I feel sorry for whoever is supposed to be watching you. But, it's been fun laughing at you anyway. 😄

[@joshfain1409]

Go get'em Bernie

[@SiikPros]

Bernie should've been president this entire time and everyone knows it.

[@GrapefruitSoundLab]

at the end of the day the "coffee" swill they sell is disgusting.

[@gheller2261]

That's a common refrain but, no, it's not. If you drink the right flavors. Stop into a Dunkin or a Timothy's where the coffee has only two qualities - hot and brown.

[@GrapefruitSoundLab]

@@gheller2261 it’s disgusting burnt dirt

[@Procanin]

​@@GrapefruitSoundLab I am not against this guy and don't care for Bernie but the coffee is burnt waste by-product.

[@bethmoore7722]

He wants Bernie to let him set the tone. He’s used to being in charge wherever he goes, but Congress is not one of those places.

[@Astrobucks2]

Haha. Starbucks pays their salaries along with Raytheon and Pfizer. Zero percent respect for congress (and i use the lower case c on purpose) which is still trying to act like the US isn't a failed state.

[@mzaite]

They let him product place his damn corporate logo in congress on C-Span. He's in charge.

[@bethmoore7722]

@@mzaite 💯

[@JodyOwen-we6oo]

Sanders is a hypocrite. He’s a very wealthy man pretending to be a man of the people. Either he knows his socialist bullshit is fundamentally destructive except in small homogeneous groups or he’s an idiot.

[@chrisseesworld]

get him bernie!

[@brandonlord15]

I'm a republican, but thank you Bernie for standing up for workers rights!

[@ram_bam]

These CEOs are rotting our country to its core. We’re watching the fall of Rome in real time.

[@wtflexus6427]

CEOs create jobs, without them the country wouldn’t have income and only depend on government who wouldn’t have who to tax.

[@jamesbyrne9312]

They don't, the explain people for low wages. What creates true jobs for life is the cooperative company

[@dilvermartinez7088]

You’re right the guy who’s parent didn’t own a house but started a billion dollar company is the problem

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

Really ? San Francisco is planning to give to every African American descender of slavery in that city and it’s surrounds 5 million dollars. It will amount to 800 billion . Antifa already proclaimed that if it will be put on the back burner they will start burning suburb by suburb

[@DiogenesOfDelaware]

What a stupid fucking take

[@lordlee6473]

Unionization will hurt shareholder values, and shareholder values feed these elite’s luxury lifestyle, don’t we all know that?

[@vitaliys]

Well, you have a chance to create your own company and let your employees create a union that will hurt shareholders ( yours ) values. Let's see how long will you tolerate that

[@pharvey2561]

Would this excuse work for an employee that said something to Schultz? Don't think so. Schultz: "I’ve had conversations that could’ve been interpreted in a different way than I intended..."

[@Petticca]

Yeah.. as though the situation is joe shmo employee just happened to get into a conversation with this guy, which happened to be about unions, guy replies with something joe shmo *could* have taken the wrong way...

[@Gagunk.]

You've never had a conversation with someone that took what you said the wrong way?

[@rbw7456]

Screw Starbucks. Hopefully this incident will cause a loss of business and revenue and force them out of business.

[@pilot88pro]

lol have you seen sbux profits lately?

[@brianmilo7662]

Shut up and drink your mocha frappe

[@orionide4032]

Ah yes first its a higher minimum wage which sends all the labor to giant corporations and now you want unions to destroy everything. Self inflicted wound.

[@therealBiba]

@@orionide4032 ?

[@Carl-vi9ki]

It won't Liberal white women will continue to spend $5 for a cup of coffee. The real problem is not Starbucks. It's Bernie not letting the CEO awnser the questions he was asked. Don't you find it funny when the ceo said I would like to respond the Liberal congressman would not let him?

[@Antarem]

Let me set the tone: No more Starbucks.

[@scottburns2600]

Yeah, imagine their prices with unionized workers. They'll be priced out of business

[@Antarem]

@@scottburns2600 Yeah, imagine fair payment and less greed.

[@scottburns2600]

@@Antarem yeah like the unions aren't greedy. They have their share of labor bullies too!

[@timgraaff7551]

Let me set the tone, know what the heck your talking about!

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

Thar was good

[@TighelanderII]

If corporations are people as Romney says, you should be able to put a corporation in jail. I'm looking at you Wells Fargo.

[@Dr_Bombay]

go get 'em, Bernie!

[@jonesyokc]

When a company continues to willfully violate labor laws and ignore court rulings, it is time to shut them down. Let their competitors swoop in and pick up the business.

[@hunterbidenscrackpipe7931]

People work there voluntarily. Big gov has no business telling them how to operate.

[@jonesyokc]

@@hunterbidenscrackpipe7931 They absolutely do. It is called labor laws and labor regulations. The company is 100% obligated to comply. And if you show complete disregard for the rule of law, you should be shut down. Companies are not allowed to hire illegal workers. Are you saying the government shouldn't be allowed to stop that? Based on your post, that is what you'd be saying because the government cannot tell them how to operate -- in your words.

[@tommy2putts]

Lmao what a hack.

[@hunterbidenscrackpipe7931]

@@jonesyokc they have the freedom to find another job if they dont like the one they are at.

[@LEK-we2hh]

Why don't you pick it up and pay a lot for workers ?

[@rubedogg6969]

I will never purchase anything from Starbucks or Amazon.

[@robertpincus6528]

An intelligent business man vs. a perpetual hippie.

[@SNIPERINTX]

I need to stop buying $7 coffee drinks

[@1132sweetie]

LOL.... $7 will skyrocket....The unions will destroy the business then act like their shocked when it closes.

[@Packer1290]

Wait until they unionize. More like $10 drinks. Then you'll go?

[@t1202j]

@@Packer1290 probably won't buy those either.

[@frankgallagher5786]

bingo. not only at Starbucks!

[@EricT01]

You can buy 13 oz of Starbucks' Breakfast Blend for roughly $14. That's 72 cups worth of coffee.

[@95birdman]

Sanders is the President we all deserve.

[@JodyOwen-we6oo]

Something to that… That this aging idiot is taken seriously by any American may mean we deserve him.

[@danielsoutherd]

Judge to criminal “You broke the law.” Criminal to judge “No I didn’t.” Say what you will about him, Sanders doesn’t turn a blind eye to the struggles of the working class. A good kind of crazy if you ask me.

[@joeshumo9457]

Mmm. More kool aid please.

[@victorkd9926]

I have a serious question, what exactly do CEO’s do to earn a billion dollars a year?

[@jeffbrown-hill7739]

Answer: Nothing of any substance or worth to the company or our society.

[@mzaite]

You just saw it. To be the sacrificial scapegoat so the corporation can continue unabated.

[@MariaLopezz4]

Not complicated - they keep their companies profitable so that everyone who works for the company can earn a living. It doesn’t happen by accident. We the have the choice to work where we want in this country. If we don’t like the leadership of our employer, we can find somewhere else…even if it’s painful to do so.

[@pilot88pro]

I love watching the peasants pretend to be smart. Brings me joy. The starbucks ceo made about 17 million last year. With over 400,000 employees, if you took away the whole ceo salary, each employee would get an extra $42 dollars a year.

[@victorkd9926]

No, the frontline workers keep the companies profitable. The CEO keeps the shareholders profitable, there’s a difference.

[@leemdynamo]

Unfortunately, it appears that Schultz is being less than candid in his responses. My sense of this company is that Starbucks treats its employees relatively well compared to competitors in the food service industry. But, they are anti-union and I think that's wrong.

[@eliz49]

Love Bernie!

[@matthewadams2979]

This guy ruined the Seattle Supersonics, and he has ruined coffee.

[@mikebelnap3079]

Bernie is a socialists who got rich through our capitalism system. Very ironic

[@john749]

We need to only shop at our local Mom and Pop coffee shops. Corporations will never do the right thing for their workers.

[@andrew_owens7680]

Which mom and pop shops? I haven't driven past one in years.

[@elirien4264]

Many "mom n pops" businesses are more expensive than the franchises they compete with.

[@jacobl4699]

@@elirien4264 well yeah, they don’t have the infrastructure to have prices as low as mega corps

[@sandcastledx]

Mom and pop shops have lower pay and less benefits. "Fair pay" movements are really about envy

[@jacobl4699]

@@sandcastledx well they usually have lower pay and lower benefits because they’re are being run out of business by mega corporations who are trying to establish monopolies

[@subs4794]

Schultz: "I know nothing! I see nothing! I hear nothing!"

[@vicdayal2794]

I think the full quote is “I see nothing! I was not here! I didn’t even get up this morning!!”

[@subs4794]

@@vicdayal2794 IIRC, almost every episode of Hogan's Heroes had Sgt Schultz say a variation of "I see nothing. I hear nothing..."

[@A3Kr0n]

I've never been to Starbucks. Spending so much money on coffee seems dumb.

[@chrismacdonald102]

It’s shitty coffee too!

[@mack_8344]

Super bitter and burnt coffee

[@Hexon66]

@@chrismacdonald102 It's demonstrably not. Millions of people are not buying bad coffee to make a point, or support a company resisting unionization. But by the same token it's no better or worse than alternative, more ethically based sources.

[@kcolin202]

this is an absurd demonstration that billionaires are truly out of touch and view the collective action of the working class as a threat. they need to be destroyed through taxation as soon as possible. Not that that'll happen with the corruption we allow to fester in Congress and in state legislatures around the country.

[@Brian-dg3kz]

Accountability for the wealthy ceo's is pretty needed ... I've never felt and also seen the lowest sentiment in my spheres, on these issues, than lately.

[@hawkeyeted]

Why? Did Schultz break any laws? Is being wealthy a crime? No and no. The only thing that's happened is frauds like Bernie want you to believe that the wealthy are crooks. They're not, nor are their employees.

[@melaniecharette5044]

Ya, Accountability for the wealthy ceo's is pretty needed ? Ok, go work for a poor CEO ! Lol

[@Soviet_Saguaro]

​@@melaniecharette5044 why are you sucking off billionaires

[@MasterDoctorBenji]

Any dollar past the first 3 million needs to be taxed at 90%. There is no reason for so few people to have so much money. They didn't work thousands of times harder than workers. They, at best, worked a ten times harder, got lucky, and exploited the hell out of people.

[@luqmanalatas8418]

​​​​@@MasterDoctorBenji without the investment (risk) from the business owner there's no job for the worker. The amount of money you get depend on the financial risk you are willing to make, not how hard your job is. Now, have you risk any of your own money to start a business and hire people? If yes, do you share equally all the profits?

[@johnwest3509]

corporate slime continues without consequences. thank you Senator Sanders for taking on this issue and exposing these ongoing crimes! why not charge all starbucks officials and indict and fine and then that may get their attention. USE THE LAW AND THE COURTS TO SEEK JUSTICE!

[@joeshumo9457]

Why do you people think that you can weaponize the legal system when it’s convenient for you? SMDH

[@eyesalooking]

Employees do not run a company. If they have a problem with their pay or benefits, then they should seek employment elsewhere. The government should not be forcing companies to unionize. In a city south of Buffalo when I was a child I remember when the union was on strike for pay wages that the company couldn't afford the company was forced to move to a more favorable state. The company was Daystrom Furniture. Companies are in business to make a profit. Facts. Deal with it.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

At least one Republican Mike Braun from Indiana had integrity during this hearing

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

What does that have to do with a video about Bernie asking questions?

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

​@@Facetiously.Esoteric It has to do with Starbucks and their mistreatment of workers and him being the only republican who agreed

[@stephenhomseydgi3693]

Got to Love Bernie! Always standing up for the American Worker vs. Billionaire Corporate People.

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

@@TihetrisWeathersby Go to the video about him and praise him there instead of trying to make this video about Bernie about a Republican.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@@Facetiously.Esoteric It's a cspan video, who cares

[@buffmf]

Romney's comments about persons never creating a job is beside the point. If they broke the law, it doesn't matter how many jobs were created by the questioners.

[@whosaidiwantedahandle]

I'm also skeptical in general about praising CEOs as "job creators". In many cases, those jobs would have existed regardless, under another business that just couldn't compete with the large corporation. Perhaps even a business that would have treated its employees better.

[@marlonstjohn]

As a business owner, creating a job is not something I do as a benevolent act. I hire people to make money. Yes, my company started from nothing. It would have stayed there without the help of many hands.

[@franklyandrewjames]

@@whosaidiwantedahandle if CEO's aren't job creators and BTW he's also the founder so not only a job creator he created the company so who else would YOU point at as the job creators??

[@franklyandrewjames]

@@whosaidiwantedahandle so with that logic should companies who through mismanagement caused the company to fail which could have just folded and all jobs would have lost or better yet the bigger more well managed company who can fix what mistakes were made and fix the mismanaged company and save those jobs?

[@stevenhenry5267]

Unless they're offering a brand new service or goods, companies don't create jobs. Romney proves once more,why he was unfit for the Presidency.

[@les512]

Bernie is a rare gem in Congress that asks questions seeking answers. Almost every other MOC just fires rhetorical questions to get in soundbites and then cuts off the answers to keep more time for themself. Bernie isn't promoting himself, he's trying to solve a problem.

[@franklyandrewjames]

boy do you ever have a serious perception issue smdh

[@msmagsmn]

Billionaires hauled in front of Congress can never hide their contempt and outrage. They always look so petulant, as if simply having to answer questions they don't like is the worst thing ever.

[@rsr789]

Well, it's give this a go: if they think this is the worst thing ever, then they won't feel so bed when his kids are guillotined in the public square.

[@Ambbberralert]

It's really strange that store chains found a way to exist if you think about it.

[@TanukiDigital]

People fear the unknown, and chain stores provide a "known" and "safe" element wherever you may find yourself. It's fulfilling a basic human psychology and very successfully I would say. Now quality... that's a different subject entirely.

[@meckell886]

Tough but respectfully spoken is Sen. Sanders. A true icon for what a politician should be.

[@Astrobucks2]

Other than the normalizing communism thing...not a good look.

[@franklyandrewjames]

he's nothing more than a union schill

[@yourkelownahomes]

Government bullying

[@jpriest2491]

Unions are a big problem. It never works out in the long run for the little guy.

[@MrRosenleaf406]

Yeah! How dare workers try to bargain for better wages and conditions as a group?! Workers should starve and work three jobs to make ends meet!

[@Ucfahmad]

Really? Never? I'm sure you have data to show that

[@tomcat7843]

Starbucks is not a career position. It I s an entry level job. Why would anyone want to work there after they get out of school.

[@loreleilazuli8874]

There's a reason why Bernie is THE most popular politician in DC. Love him!

[@clivesmith6081]

And yet we all go to Starbucks and buy our extortionately priced coffee, the only way is to hit them in the pocket.

[@joeshumo9457]

Which hurts the workers the most.

[@odellowe7340]

Why ? You realized most of the top corporations in unionized driven states have lost the most corporations the last 3 years and those states are now feeing the effect?

[@yamnayaseed356]

That will lead to store closures and redundancy

[@rumination608]

Never buying Starbucks again!

[@Republic1usa]

there are other coffee shops out there

[@robertmahler8894]

Take a page out of France's playbook when it comes to unions, and preserving workers' rights against greedy CEOs.

[@loreleilazuli8874]

Americans are too scared of ruffling feathers and standing up for themselves. Weak

[@jkim-ph1ds]

Americans are pussies and will gladly suck off CEOs and cops whenever someone demands change. Just think of Elon Musk fans

[@Cosmos273]

The audacity.This guy is a proper Biggie Corp mafia.Should be dealt with full force of the Law to give the workers the rights they deserve.You can tell he loves power and money.

[@davidherman564]

Come on Schultz, you and your company are woke, you deserve the unions!!

[@MomentswithDavid]

He calls his employees “partners” oh ya so do they share in profits also?

[@joeshumo9457]

Yes. According to the financial risk they take investing in the company.

[@sarahjones2085]

Bernie ❤❤❤❤

[@sr.chiqitibum8607]

Stop drinking Starbucks.

[@stevelangstroth5833]

Assuming that Bernie is not lying, the judge is in New York. That speaks VOLUMES.