Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz declines to look at U.S. Senate listening to

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz declines to look at U.S. Senate listening to


Howard Schultz speaks onstage at The New York Periods DealBook DC coverage discussion board on June 9, 2022 in Washington.

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Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz declined an invitation from 11 senators to testify on March 9 on the espresso firm’s compliance with federal labor law, in accordance to a letter noticed by Reuters late Tuesday.

Last 7 days, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who chairs a committee on labor issues, and 10 other customers of the committee requested Schultz to solution by Feb. 14 whether he would acquire part.

Schultz, who re-joined Starbucks as interim CEO in April 2022, will “totally transition” out of the purpose up coming thirty day period, claimed Starbucks acting government vice president and general counsel Zabrina Jenkins in the letter.

“Offered the timing of the transition, his relinquishment of any working job in the enterprise heading ahead and what we comprehend to be the matter of the listening to, we believe another senior chief with ongoing tasks is greatest suited to handle these issues,” Jenkins wrote.



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