JUST IN: Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Faces Questions On 'Union Busting' In Tense Senate Hearing
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- The Senate Health Committee hears the testimony of ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over alleged "union busting."
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I wonder how many members of congress stopped at Starbucks on their way to the hearings....
How many have worked there?
How many have worked? Not Bernie.
@@jameskellinger8314 Bernie is a Commie Leech & a bad tipper!
This is clearly an insurrection of our freedom , even Mr Shultz and his company have rights. The formation of unions just puts the dems more in control. They yell freedom , unions, but look at the past what big unions does. Look at the train wreck in Palestine. They had an independent come in and test the water , it has things in it that the government and the rail road union do not test for. And how they were treated just bc they thought they voted for Trump. Omg! What a message, and these ppl still have to live in an environment that a chemical used in WW1 was used to seep in the enemy trenches to kill them. This is what they do. They leave you to fight for yourself when they should be fighting for you with all the agencies we have for these type disasters. And burn off the light at gasses into the air while claiming climate crisis. Abolish all agencies that should have immediately removed these ppl abs housed then elsewhere “ for as long as it takes” to clean up the chemicals.
And if I don’t like where I work, I look for another job before I quit the one I am at. I was once asked by a nurse what I thought about nurses not getting paid enough? I told her she wouldn’t like my answer. She insisted I tell her. It’s simple , you apply for a job, they offer the pay, if you accept the job then expect the pay that was offered. So accept it or look for something you think fits you better. This hospital chains were nation wide. No union. But responded quickly to complaints of any employee. The hot line was for complaints was anonymous. One time a department head was notified she had a complaint which was a no no. The person that told her was fired. And gosh didn’t know why bc she thought their group was in control. The same thing happens with Unions but they go unpunished and take over with corruption.
One thing we can be sure of... NO congressmen are living paycheck-to-paycheck...
May I also add NO Senators are living paycheck-to-paycheck and Biden's kids 😂
Politicians have their own retirement system, that we don't get, that we pay for, put them on social security and see how fast they fix it, our politicians have placed themselves above us, they are all thieves they take the job for the money, they have no intentions to fix anything all they do is argue, not fix.
bernie poor ? when he can come up with 600,000 just like that in cash to buy a house one of his 3 ?
And I'm sure Bernie would respond that, as the poorest Sitting Congress person, that his congressional salary is what every working American should be getting for their labor, at least. Don't Drag him down to our level. Raise Us up to his level at least
@@joshbobst1629 He uber poor lol.
Well stop spending tax money so people can afford to live
in reality people are making more $$, the government just takes more, so they can give it away. We don’t live in a free country, we are an overly legislated country!
The Ukranian money laundering machine need your tax dollers, 😂
Bernie needs a fourth house.
And start pumping oil and heal our economy. A private company should not be made to have a union. This is plan B to get rid of capitalism and destroy America. We have gone through this corruption before. And another way to try to usher in Obama care and digital money to steal from citizens. Biden’s death tax already takes any inherited properties to themselves or you can buy it back for full fair market value and they take 40% of any monies right off the top to disable you from buying it back. Hence the government will own everything. Hence communism. I believe what one person said , the union is already playing dirty and hiring ppl for gross amounts of money to enforce unions and government control.
Here is a man who did not have a job until he was 40.
A GOVERNMENT job.
Bernie has never had a real job or ever created one .
I remember when the taxpayers bailed out GM because their unions had billions of dollars of unfunded liabilities.
and then they thanked the tax payers by laying off thousands and building plants in Mexico
is that really how you remember it?
If Bernie was so concerned about the little man he would go after the federal reserve. When the fed prints money into existence it finds it way into the stock market making the top 1% richer while the little guys savings is devalued by inflation. We need real gold backed money and not a CBDC. What does Rands silence on the matter mean? Im sure he know how our monetary system works.
@@fatrobdouble Earlier today, General Motors announced that the company paid $4.7 billion to the U.S. government and $1.1 billion to the Canadian government, fulfilling its obligation agreed to when it received its initial bailout funds. In total, GM received $52 billion from the U.S. government, but only $6.7 billion of this amount was considered a loan.
@@karenfarrand806 sure, there was a bailout for the automakers, but blaming it on Unions is a really bad take
If Bernie was so concerned about the little man he would go after the federal reserve.
Lol until Bernie moves out of his mansion, into a studio apartment and gives up all of his millions, nobody should be letting him tell other rich people to give up theirs…
Gotta love how Sanders talks about these disparities like he isn't part of the problem! You talk a good talk, Bernie, but I'm not falling for it.
We need a Starbucks Union so we can pay $6.00 for a cup of black coffee! And those fancy drinks could cost $20.00!
So the Union can sell out the people they represent?
Notice he never mentions Millionaires anymore,.He is one now.
If Bernie was so concerned about the little man he would go after the federal reserve. When the fed prints money into existence it finds it way into the stock market making the top 1% richer while the little guys savings is devalued by inflation. We need real gold backed money and not a CBDC. What does Rands silence on the matter mean? Im sure he know how our monetary system works.
Looks like we have another business that's going to go total automation in dispensing coffee . Go figure .😮😮😮🎉
Good for the union busting activities!!!
Hello union, the entity that put my husband out of a job because they refused to negotiate.
Oh no , since your husband is out of job what company did this happen?
Who is hello Union even mean ?
Sorry, I started to say something and lost my train of thought.
As a daughter of a barber who opened a non-union shop in Michigan that was burned down once, rebuilt and reopened later to have a bomb wired (unsuccessfully) to the telephone while he was guarding the property overnight. He later was to find out the brother of the police captain, who had a competing shop, was one of the people who wired the bomb. My father lost over 50 lbs. during this time and died due to stress. These people were union activists, but the Union was found to be full of "mob" people, the union's pension plans were being used to launder money and were not funded correctly so many benefits were insolvent. My father had been a union welder for Divco, later bought out by Allison- Chalmers and the Union pension funds were under negotiations, which were settled 2 days after he died so my mother got nothing from his 20 years of union work since he predeceased the settlement. So no, I do not support unions, period!
I, and almost every American (yourself included if you work), have personally benefitted from unions. Your story sounds made up...And if it did happen, you most likely don't have actual evidence besides hearsay. And if it really is true....then it is one bad scenario amongst millions of scenarios where unions have improved all of our lives. The other side of the corporate greed camp has ruined the lives of or has hurt all working Americans. IN SOLIDARITY!!!!!! Go Unions Go! I am so thankful how they have helped my life!!!!
Well let me tell you about state job unions and pensions not only are they more profitable than traditional 401k plans by higher worker donation to even higher state donations and our pensions survive our death up to the ending balance of employee contributions so take my advice get a state or federal job whether you like a state job or federal government job and many state jobs exist in state funded and controlled facilities for disabled individuals and mentally ill so you can get a job in several fields and still benefit from state wages benefits and pensions because it is unequivocally the best retirement plan without extra retirement accounts aside from 401k and of course social security and your pension in a state position in my state contributes an automatic 24 percent each paycheck and whatever is determined your contribution and I would assume any alloted gain after investing is yours to pass to anyone you choose after you die as any pension should be allowed as a rule of law aside from social security because that is a government fund
@@sharonhamilton3439 Well of course State & Fed. pensions are loved, The people who work and are not employed by said entities pay the bill! You also pay as a taxpayer so you are being double dipped! What a deal, lol!
This law you talk about was not in effect back in the early 70's.
I’m so sorry for your loss and the struggle your father experienced and the toll it must have taken on you all. I had a boss who locked everyone out of the building, he said, I pay you the same wage and provide the same benefits and you do not have to pay dues, you want a union, go find a union shop.
That was the last time anyone cried for a union. Mr Daw was a good man. AJDaw Printing Ink.
remember "don't treat them like partners but like equals." LOL are we still taking these people seriously.
Unions are why this country is going broke.
Mr Murphy reveals the unions were overlooked by the democrats. So the dems are pretending to be for the people while deceitfully once again buying off ppl to disrupt and take over capitalists causing chaos and again trying to make everybody equal while awarding someone who has not risked their money and tried their ideas. Taken from the ones that deserve their reward and giving to the ones who do not try and want everything for free. Ppl won’t even go back to work bc it pays just as much to stay home. Their money needs to be cut to minimum wage and no jets. Sell them abs pay off the deficit. Abolish the labor board and the NLRB. Start over and No one that was relieved can work in federal or union jobs. It is plan B to take over and perform an insurrection overthrowing our constitution from within using unions. Abolish unions too unless they pass a thorough investigation that they have not paid for ppl to work for capitalist companies and push hard for unions. And they have not caused monetary pressure on any company.
Starbuck Workers get 100 % Medical and Dental if they Work 20 Hours a week, On Average they Earn 17-20 Dollars an Hour they get College benefits, for each dollar they put in 401 Starbucks adds $2.00 , they also get Tips
? which locations are you stating this - just curious
All that sounds good, but I learned (in this hearing) the unionized stores cannot get credit card tips….that’s BS
@@lindakay1700 When you're in a union, you get what benefits are negotiated by your union, nothing more, nothing less. If the company decides to implement some new benefits, it's ONLY for non-union employees. Union employees have to wait until their union contract comes up for negotiation, then they can negotiate the new non-union benefits be added. This here is people bitching because they joined a union, now they're mad cause the non-union employees are getting something they don't have. They want to have their union, and non-union too.
@@MarinaJBoyd the way I understood it….they’ve taken the credit card tips away, but only from union staff. That doesn’t seem fair - tips are a big part of any service persons income. And most customers pay by credit card. (Itry to always tip in cash if I’m able, even if using a credit card just so I know that person gets it! 😉). Also, if servers in that location do not get credit card tips, the customers should be made aware! I bet most would then either not tip or give cash. As it stands in those stores, I guess all credit card tips go to the owner? I agree, their union needs to sort that out!
The only thing attractive about that is 100% paid medical insurance but believe the limits would be great and the requirements and exclusions would be long the best health insurance programs are supposed to be at state and federal positions but many factories offer lower costs based on participation in yearly wellness exams and people who refrain from tobacco use and the yearly discount for a wellness exam at one facility resulted in a discount of approximately 40 dollars every paycheck which took employee cost from 60 to 20 dollars twice a month with a small discount for tobacco products not being used and the insurance was ideal for those needing prescription coverage and monthly or yearly maintenance to obtain ongoing care for lifelong conditions but state insurance covers a wider range of types of coverage with focus on mental health issues as a priority just like major medical and offering many prescription for less than the copay of 10 and never above 10 also free telehealth services for a wide range of common reasons for needing health care advice and medications when after hours or on weekends or when traveling to urgent care or emergency room may be out of reach due to condition
Its not the unions...its the leadership of those unions that are on the shady side. Not to worry.. No one will be able to afford their high priced coffee soon.
Then go work for another company! This is why I hate unions! They take and take and take. 17$ an hour plus full health benefits. This is so absurd.
Coffee servers now need to be in a union! Do they have a training period, an apprentice program that leads to being a journeyman coffee server? Wow, think about how it would be to be a Master Coffee Server????
I love hearing Bernie talk about companies not wanting to pay their workers a fair wage when Bernie wouldn't even pay his campaign workers the $15 minimum wage he was so aggressively pushing. Meanwhile alll unions do is put money in the pockets of people like Bernie.
Although i have great respect for good faith entrepreneurs, the fact that this guy is providing "gender" "affirming" "care" instantly looses all that respect in a clap
The government could drastically improve the day to day life of Starbucks employees by not printing so much money and artificially driving up the prices of everything.
I spent 40 yrs as a public school teacher and never joined the union because they always support abortion candidates and I can't go there. Most were willing to let me be but the union hawks tried very hard to make things miserable.
If there is a legal right for these workers to form a union then those in control of those companies must be litigated against. I am a republican.
If our politicians really wanted to help Americans they would stop spending and decrease taxes.
Schultz simply states that the NLRB is not a court of law. It's a relations board.
Imagine trying to make a career out of starbucks
Starbucks sounds like a great career, what isn't a great "career", is being a Barista. That's the problem with the Bernie types, who think you have to keep increasing minimum wage, instead of increasing the worker skill, so they can earn more than minimum wage. Sounds like Starbucks does exactly that, as I assume managing a Starbucks store is a jolly good career. I used to work at a California coffee shop chain, and our managers earned 48k and up (this was years ago), and our managers notoriously made less than Starbucks, in fact it was not unheard of for some of our best managers to leave for the greener pastures of Starbucks.
Try being a vending machine repair person . Go figure .
Well when you get paid 17 dollars an hour across the country that is way high enough to make a living wage now for big cities like new York than yes you may struggle making a great living but in new York people believe wholeheartedly in roommates to survive and in an unpopular state like Ohio even skilled state jobs just saw an increase to 20 an hour and everyone working there consider that a livable wage or they would quit quite quickly so this is so misleading and when you have congress saying it isn't a livable wage to work for Starbucks and you make 17.50 an hour starting out and receiving full benefits even when working part time hours that is extremely fair and yes working there would be hard and takes some learning and experience and knowledge should start higher but offering stock options is unheard of in today's world so maybe that's why Starbucks is kinda against a union because they apparently already offer alot and negotiations with any union would most likely include an increase in existing benefits and negotiations for wage increases that don't reward service time or ability but simply being there to get it so if no one understands why Starbucks may feel it's not in their best interest to encourage unions but to emphasize on their existing benefits and want to have that right than why fault them okay and negotiations for each individual store is unreasonable and will cause hassle between stores and states who negotiate for different things and agree to different terms okay its going to drive Starbucks to the point they stop offering benefits for part time employees or they offer it but it's very expensive and only satisfied the stores requirement to offer it and after the union makes it's first negotiation wants and needs and the company gets done negotiations no one in that union is going to get everything they ask to negotiate for and so everyone will feel differently and all those stock options and college benefits to get a bachelor degree will be the first things to go because the company will prepare for yearly negotiations and predict the future of the company when deciding what benefits to offer and anything not in that negotiated contract would be seen as expendable when protecting future of the company
Only people just starting out would look for a career at Starbucks and that is someone with the goal of being in management and running the store or own a franchise if that's possible no one could love Starbucks unless it's for benefits and good coworkers and a open schedule but no one should expect a company like Starbucks working at the same position expecting to be able to afford a car and buy a home and raise a family okay please stop with the nonsense
Your president is doing this.
By Party, Berni is Independent.
@@danutarzepecka4056 Whats that mean his party self proclaimed is the democratic socialist party do you know the history of it. It broke off from the CPUSA do ya know what that stands for ... well ya never will less you look it up. Because you dems will not look up anything.
@@danutarzepecka4056 berni is a socialist, first step to communism.
@@danutarzepecka4056 Bernie backs all policies that cause inflation.
@@danutarzepecka4056 Bernie is a fraud
BERNIE HOW ABOUT STARING WITH CLOSING THE BORDER! IMMIGRATION IS BIG BUSINESS WAY OF HOLDING DOWN WAGES
He agrees with you.
Unions won’t rebuild the middle class- getting rid of corrupt politicians would be a huge boost and upping the work ethic of the young generations would be a close second
It was literally unions that built the middle class after WWII. The 50s and 60s were the highest point in the American dream where taxes were high as hell for the rich but the middle class flourishes. Reagan and then latter Clinton were the dismantles of Unions.
“These workers don’t wanna quit”, but the same workers weren’t intentionally applying to work. Instead, they were hired by the union primarily just to sabotage Starbucks 😬
They should be Arrested for Corporate Espionage including the people behind it.
Yes, and pulling out the gender affirming care card. No one should be getting gender affirming care unless they are 20 years old and they should have to pay for it. Most regret these irreversible medications and irreversible surgeries that cause so many debilitating effects . Also shortening life expectancy by at least 20 years. Very few had real gender identity, debilitating mental issues including severe depression and suic- idal ideation. My sister-in-law had it until she was validated for her mole estation . She was 50 before she got true mental help. All stemming from a situation that happened when she was 13. 37 years of mental anguish and an unstable mental disease. She had to face her victimizer at every family gathering. Bc it was her cousin no one paid and no one talked about it. I just found out months ago which explains her choice to reverse once she got true help. I have lived with horrible stretch marks and sagging breast for 30 years with privately held occasional thoughts of worthlessness bc of it. Every time my spouse looked at another woman or we had company I felt a violation of our marriage. In my anguish no one paid for my tummy tuck or breast augmentation. And now I am glad they didn’t bc it could have caused me more problems with circulation and body rejection issues. This is all a bunch of bologna to usher in Obama care. Which has high premiums and low pay out. A bunch of promises that do not deliver.
And Schulz should gather evidence o this and plenty so he can release it slowly and the truth about the purpose of the union. And illegal hiring to sabotage them.
And sanders does not want the truth told. Corrupt
Schultz should send out memos to every employee of the sly and illegal practices of the union.
Bernie how much do you have in your account?
Question how can government force a company to join a Union?
they can't, period!
the gov't cannot force a company to unionize, but the workers have a constitutionally protected right to organize. The govt is obligated to uphold that first amendment right, and defend the workers' right to form a union. If Starbucks doesn't like it, they can remove themselves from the US market.
Subsidies!
We have heard a lot about union busting. Let's here more about company busting. Who was the union who planted workers within Starbucks. They just want to increase their own power. Is that legal? Should it be?
Damn it! I used to like Bernie Sanders. The time I dealt with a union they didn't do anything for me as a healthcare worker. They kept taking their dues and never did damn thing for me except lower my wages twice!
how did they legally lower your wages?
@@fatrobdouble cut back my hours but still required me to do the same job. Plus no pay increase for about 3 years.
@@jorgenegrete1366 so they cut your hours, which isn't the same as "lowering your wages," although of course it does reduce your income. Seems odd that the union would cut your hours though; was it more a case of management cutting your hours and the union couldn't stop them?
@Rob Double didn't seem like they even tried. It wasn't just my hours, it was a lot of people's hours here in California. Plus after that when Trump took over they charged $773 for health insurance out of my pay. All due to the fact of a family member that couldn't work and she made too much on SSI. Thankful I own my house outright at the time otherwise I would have been screwed.
@@jorgenegrete1366 again i gotta ask, did the union charge you $773 for healthcare, or did the union?
A rich man complaining about the rich? lol He KNOWS that he can rant for his followers with zero danger of his words coming back to bite him.
Not once did Bernie take responsibility for runaway deficit spending...he been in congress forever things have only got worse. We don't have a lack of tax problem...we have a over spending problem. Bernie is a socialist. Common sense will show when you have more people sitting on the cart than pulling..the cart goes nowhere. Union don't mean what they used to. Workers get taxed on high wages they never receive. Unions have destroyed our education system and are merely more than a Democrat political fundraiser. Bernie trying to tell people they shouldn't have the right to not be part of a union with their employer...that un-American. Someone outta tell Bernie...workers don't get jobs from poor people. He acts like he's anti rich but he loves lobbiests money. He is a self proclaimed communists and a liar and part of the swamp
Union was a good idea until greed got in the way.
Greed and vote buying.
I have one very important question ...I wonder how much money Starbucks lobbyists pay government officials to work on their behalf.
Unions rob competent and upwardly mobile workers. Hands down. Been there and was involved with it myself. Union workers make more money and have better benefits generally, however that doesn't stop those same workers from crying like babies when things don't go their way. Add to that: When Union retirement programs run out of money, they require non-union workers to bail them out by way of government bailouts (from tax dollars).
Abolish any requirement that a company is required to play along with any union under any circumstance.
Abolish the NLRB. If unions can’t gain members civilly and by promoting what they can do for you, then they can die out. They would die out too except for democrats subsidize them, and now the government allowed them in (federal) and some localities. Their pensions received a great bailout in one of those dem passed giveaways, maybe it was the American Rescue Plan. No, our federal government wastes our tax dollars subsidizing industries, corporations, unions, individuals (welfare), and foreign countries.
Mr Schultz,
I would suggest that you close all US stores and let Berni find them good union jobs.
Yea like he’s going to give up billions of dollars right?😆
If Starbucks is so great place to work, then why so many its workers feel the need to form a union?
I’ll take a long shot here, you are not a part of any union…..
Unions protect workers from companies from taking advantage of employees.
The union becomes a “bargaining “ team member for wages and benefits.
You mean the 1%?
@@nicholasfender869 I question that it is just 1%. How is that figure even reached when you look at the wealth in some places with home values averaging $500,000, he is talking about the places where there are Starbucks, not the places where there aren't Starbucks. I guess I am agreeing that unions are needed but I feel like many metropolitan areas take for granted that wealth begets wealth. I don't like spending money at merchants that wouldn't hire just anyone, Starbucks employees aren't exactly openminded.
if we be activist for All OUR industries be brought back with all "Infrastructure" money, we would have once again Quality, economies of scale, choices, which make Products compete not people so We'd get quality as we had, everything we had from shoes to hats, many plants even baby formula... We would have our INDEPENDENCE=SECURITY=VOICE back, with them allowing china to buy our food farms to make drugs to dumb more Americans down if that's possible, the imported bodies will take for dwellings and fake "green" will take the rest which china loves and they are not going that way, we are soon headed with the next embargo of nations banning together to be much more than a month or so to be Naked cold(blacked out)more killer crime, hungry and dems want decents unarmed so they can at whim mow down decents Citizens which is what has happened when gov have unarmed their citizens and be at the mercy of the dems mobs.
Most of their workers are woke commies who want power. To rule over the company, then the state.
When I got a raise at my job I was on local 32bj 32j you know what they did they raised everything stop running that b*******.
What do you think would happen if Starbucks just said something like kiss my ass we’re closing all the Starbucks in the United States. Then they could all go on unemployment. That sounds like a real good idea to me.
😂😂😂
One thing you can always say about Bernie He doesn't HIDE WHO or what he believes HE IS. UNLIKE BIDEN AND HIS cronies'!
Leave it to government to add another layer of bureaucracy. Union latte will be $12.
Bullshit Starbucks making billions coffee is like 1000% plus markup .
So will they call in Bill Gates, sport players? No, let's hammer the CEOs. Will Berinie cut his salary and leave his position to allow a younger person in his job.
the problem is never the government creating systems for the super rich
How can the senator accuse this great man who has created history for Corporate America? Senator Sanders spoke out of context and if more politicians are allowed to rule America, that will be the end of America! This man should learn to work in the private sector to understand how men like Starbucks Chairman has built a company like Starbucks. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the man.
That's all we need, another fucking billionaire. No thanks
Schultz has broken the law and violated his employees' constitutional rights. Even if you respect Schultz for his business acumen, it's pretty jacked up that you would defend his crimes.
If Bernie was so concerned about the little man he would go after the federal reserve. When the fed prints money into existence it finds it way into the stock market making the top 1% richer while the little guys savings is devalued by inflation. We need real gold backed money and not a CBDC. What does Rands silence on the matter mean? Im sure he know how our monetary system works.
@@jamesfournier9450 I'm sure Bernie would say that He doesn't think monetary policy can benefit the working man/little guy in any circumstance under capitalism. It wasn't any better for us in the 1880s and 1890s before there was a federal reserve.
@@joshbobst1629 Bernie is communist
Trade unions are a disaster for workers and the ecconomy. What is this man talking about?
I understand what Bernie is saying, I'm as poor as a church mouse, single father raising three. But, I also find it very hypocritical coming from a man who has what how many homes???
The house and rhe Senate have been buzzard picking the NLRA for over 20 years. This Marxism has been on the march from within. I belong to a union that has a PAC. I voiced concern to the union over the politicians we support.. Any guesses on the result?
Bernie always reminds me of Oscar the grouch from the muppets.
It's funny you say that, I always thought he looked like one of the two old grouchy and sarcastic old men that sat in the balcony. Lol
@@deanncoates8456 Good one! I forgot about those two.
Sounds like the inquisition
Wtg Forbes for sending out the truth to American ppl. We have the right to know about our country before it is taken completely from us. Thx
Hard to listen to a millionaire talk about income inequality.
This is not about a company's success, its about the rights of employees that has been deminishing over time by the take over of corporate rule, this is about people getting back their status as a valued employee with some benefits and a secure future, the only thing they have at this current time is social security and they are chopping away at that also, leaving the American people with no descent future for retirement
If you don't walk the job go get another one. Don't mind giving a hand up but we shouldn't be giving handouts. Get a f****** job you don't walk that wouldn't go get another. If that ain't enough to get to. Nothing's free
If Bernie was so concerned about the little man he would go after the federal reserve. When the fed prints money into existence it finds it way into the stock market making the top 1% richer while the little guys savings is devalued by inflation. We need real gold backed money and not a CBDC. What does Rands silence on the matter mean? Im sure he know how our monetary system works.
Ridiculous. Starbucks, fast food, retail cashiers, waitressing, etc.,….grow up. Those jobs are meant for high school and college kids or others who do not need benefits. You want better pay and benefits? Get better skill sets and get a better job. Or start your own business. If not, then you get what the market values you as. Nobody owes you anything. You need to be better to get better.
James, I totally agree with you. And it is unreal how they pass bills with all the crap in them that we as tax payers who support this government have to pay for. People don't understand that when they sat the government will pay, we are the government that pays. It comes out of our pockets, not theirs.
17 dollars is a great wage? Easy to say with a politician's wages.
For a barista skill set, yes it is a great wage.
@@teg5135
I guess lying all the time is a better paid skill set than making the perfect latte, though the latter is a much better investment.
After hearing this about Starbucks I will stop drinking Starbucks coffee....sickening.
Despite workers making less Barnie, you in the government keep spending more money than you are taking in. We the workers Bernie, do not at the of a year get to go to our bosses and demand a raise because we want to spend more money than we the workers have. Bernie, which of your mansions will you sleep in tonight?
Unions also feed their election campaigns, just like the teachers Union does
The primary reason the standard of living is so,poor in our country right now, Mr. Sanders, is a direct fault of your actions and the actions of the Demoncratic party! Two and a half years ago we, and our economy, was in a far better place. Just saying.
Government should stay out of labor jobs.
If they unionize I'll stick a note in the tip jar to ask the union for their tip.
Here's a tip any union will he happy to give you: unionize your own workplace.
the growth in union membership is due to increasing government membership, not private industry
Maybe this CEO should run our country!
"Govern" NOT "Run" ...we're not a dictatorship......yet. :)
Henery Ford said "treat them like mushrooms keep them in the dark and feed them bull shit"
Tired of accusers being able to hide from the rule of law that specifically states a person has the right to face their accussers.
Damn why can’t democrats just leave our “job creators” alone.
2:08:34 a socialist that never had an actual business, that also gets gov pension while in office. It is very rich to hear him talk about fairness of someone's pay, he wouldn't know, he is a socialist, they generally are lazy and in pursuit of immediate gratification of their passions...
What if the employees don't want to be in a union? The unions didn't do a damn thing for me except take 2 hours of my pay for dues 😢
2 hours of pay is too much, nowadays.
But the employees do? That’s the whole point of this hearing. Starbucks has breeched labor laws and has been stalling the bargaining process
IT is because union is un bed WITH the CEO😝😝
@@guycharest-js8bv your obviously trolling, that makes no sense
The Unions didn't do anything for my father either. The only thing they told him that he was out of line and to sit down when he asked about how the Union was spending the dues.
Union greed exactly
Trinity Health terminated employees over union activities. Union busting is real people!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Who chased manufacturing business to China? Now you want manufacturing business wages from service business such as coffee shop...
6+ decades ago, with the same old lying propagandas but really for our politicalcorporates perversions internationally to be/play big deals big wheels..."outsourced" now 'phase out" mfg.
oh and various grps saying oh "that won't happen to us" we are needed. and out they went. Americans helped and allowed to be so impressed with themselves they didn't think about their fellow citizens or our independence security voice in the world instead of begging for fuel to baby formula. when our only plant is sabotaged which is a lefty thing sabotage. all my life.
Yep you most certainly cannot trust the democrats i can't really see what their angle is here but im sure they have one.
Capitalists
@@TheHauntedKiwi Sorry Bro; it is the environmentalists and the hard core left. As the manufacturing jobs are almost nil, those who did not go to school to achive a better standard of living resort to service jobs formerly belonged to the student population.
This man is dangerous...
Rand is a true American Hero!!!!
Rand Paul called parental leave, a living wage, 401(k) plans and tuition as "giving away tens of millions of dollars each year". Gerrymandering keeps Rand Paul and the majority of his Republican colleagues in power -- not an honest vote among his constituents -- the majority of which rely on these "giveaways".
He’s my Favorite elected official! I love him…
If Bernie was so concerned about the little man he would go after the federal reserve. When the fed prints money into existence it finds it way into the stock market making the top 1% richer while the little guys savings is devalued by inflation. We need real gold backed money and not a CBDC. What does Rands silence on the matter mean? Im sure he know how our monetary system works.
1:12:31 somehow my respect level for bernie falls even lower during this hearing, even tho i REALLY don't respect socialism and everyone gullible enough to be socialists...
I use to go to Starbucks I liked a lot of there coffee but a few years ago I was told that being a white concerviteve I was not welcome there so I make my own iced coffee and capichino’s and having had to deal with unions on jobs I’ve had where you did get a little higher wages but I had to give 30% to the union every month and if you don’t join the union you can’t work there. I see why Burnie wants the Union’s he likes getting paid for others hard work and not having to do anything for it. As for Starbucks I liked there coffee but they lost my business a long time ago so I couldn’t care less whatever they do in the future 😂😂😂
Funny how he characterizes the power of subpoena as a threat when the law is supposed to be a protection. The NLRA is a joke. Go after a private enterprise whose business is penny profit. Unlimited resources? Not really.
What? You have no clue what you are talking about.
What do you make Bernie? Mr. three houses and a millionair.
Saunders is such a advocate for communism and loves Russia yet he never moved there.
Last time I checked we live in America. If you dont want to work for a company that hasn't been unionized, walk out the door, you have that right ! As should someone that owns a company should have the right to have a union free company!!! When the day comes that one loses that right we no longer live in the country that our forefathers had envisioned.
@01:31:05 - Howard Schultz stands up for the Billionaires... by making sure that we all know, that having billions of dollars isn't a bad thing while the 99 percent of us are dealing with Inflation, Health Care costs, Food prices, Rent Increases. -- It's tone deaf. And that's what the issue is.
would it be easier for you to deal with Inflation, Health Care costs etc if Howard Schultz closed down all Starbucks stores?
Ill bet his poor story is BS every rich kid i ever met has a poor victim story .. then you find out.
@@g.harris like he’s going to give up billions of dollars right ? SMH
@@will-vi9pk exactly the number of brainwashed clowns on here acting like this Schultz guy is a victim .
Starbucks has the rights of freedom to not unionize and pay third party protection money too.
The workers have organized. Coming to an agreement is another matter.
It's true, this is America and if you don't like to work for Starbucks, then you can work at different places. Lol
Wow. This is what they do to Trump. Stop distorting the truth. Shame shame
Why in the hell does a coffee shop need a union?!
"I'm a barrrrrrista!"
No, you're a damn J O B !
Id like to know how many of these Senators get kick backs from unions. That should be something that all should be able and have the right to know!
I don’t drink Starbucks, but I would be honored to work there 👍
Doubt it
i'm pretty sure they're hiring...
Bernie has 3 or 4 homes. Politics pays pretty well.
Starbucks currently operate more than 6,000+ stores in over 230 cities in the Chinese mainland, employing more than 60,000 partners....Uhm...
There should be no need for a union if the federal labor board would have done its job. They would have taken care of this right off the start. And the opposite is done to ppl who don’t want to join the union by the union. It only creates more havoc and money raising. The labor board is not doing its job and should be abolished and restarted. And no federal employee should be allowed to work another federal job anywhere nor be part of any union. The rail road union makes billions off union workers and treat them like crap. But portray these workers as greedy when all they wanted was what the equal justice labor board is supposed to do.
There has to be jobs for college students making an extra buck. They are not long term workers nor anyone else that needs temporary work. No one would hire these ppl in need of a short term job if they knew they were just going to quit if they found a waitress job or finished college.
Sanders is only worth $3 million now. Wonder how he got that reduced? Spending or illegally hiding it. And all the book writers claim their millionaire status on writing books. I just do not believe that.
@01:54:44 - Yes.. The answer to his question is yes. The Unions in Vegas that work at the large hotels have these types of programs. 401k, education reimbursement, fully covered health care, stock purchases with match in the 401k, - above average starting wages.
I'm more of a Dunkin person but damn this makes me want to support Starbucks!
Too bad they're still politically 💩!
You would support Starbucks for violating worker's rights, But you think their politics are shit because? They grandstand and use social justice issues to distract from the active violation of worker's rights. Your politics are shit. I don't care about your party, but I know you look at politics as entertainment "Red vs. Blue". That is all I need to know that your politics are shit.
Maybe not so much after this hearing lmao 🤣
These politicians are getting money from tax payers , while Mr. Schultz gives jobs and livelihood to people around the world through Starbucks.
WOW!
Doctor Paul is amazing!
As is his father!
Oh Bernie, do you remember when your workers demanded $15.00 an hour pay which admittedly gave them, but then cut their hours from 40 to 20?
Bernie's Hearing is more attended than most of Congress hearings.
> Liberty Blueskyes More attended by whom?
@@ofthedifference commie supporters.
If you don't like the work or your pay, find another job that meets your needs. It's not fair for a struggling small business to meet your pay if they can't afford it.
Because people need a grandpa. Unfortunately some think Bernie is a good example.
@@TerryRosariojr Hehehe RightOn
Has there ever been a politician that didn't pull themselves up by the bootstraps??