Ben Ray Luján

It is similar to when people come in and tell me, we had a virtual meeting on how many of you don't have broadband.

I certainly hope that we can find that way back, because a lot of folks support Starbucks because the employees were treated well.

I appreciate that, and one area, Mr. Chairman, that we've been able to do some work in an area that was completely ignored, which was included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure package, was to plug abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells.

Investing in tribal energy is not just about energy; it's about economic opportunity.

I certainly hope that we can find that way back, because a lot of folks support Starbucks because the employees were treated well.

I venture to say there is more than 16,800 homes on the Navajo Nation that don't have electricity.

What concerns me is practices that have been shared with me where a reduction in hours, where an employee maybe once worked full time, 36 hours or so, but then hours were changed at that property for whatever reasons.

I would like to highlight for the witnesses and for my fellow Committee members, another type of stranded risk, in the area of stranded communities or livelihoods lost or job opportunities as well.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to Ranking Member Grassley for this hearing and to all the panelists who are here today.

I would be happy to send something into the record. My concern is this, if a store changes its hours, reduces its open hours, staff's schedules are changed, they are reduced from 36 hours to 20 hours, but they are told they need to stay…

These financial risks are real and need to be managed, but I want to focus on another area.

I certainly hope that everyone else will catch up with what we can be doing in that space.

So I am looking for how that information was gathered.

Is it true that Starbucks can hold shareholder meetings virtually, but it refuses to allow some union members to join bargaining negotiations virtually, even if other members are present?

Just for 30 seconds, can I be recognized to submit a letter into the record from the Albuquerque store that sent it to Mr. Schultz?

When someone's hours are reduced, if it is for business, does Starbucks have a policy where that employee has to make themselves available if Starbucks decides to call them back in for a shift that they are not scheduled for?

the importance of Federal partnerships and investments.

The National Labor Relations Board requires an employer and the union to bargain in good faith about wages, hours, and other terms of employment until they agree on a labor contract, not after.

I understand that Starbucks has a widespread pattern of reducing worker hours in stores that have unionized.

I am very concerned about the lack of basic utilities for too many brothers and sisters across the Country.

So I am looking for how that information was gathered.

I certainly hope that everyone else will catch up with what we can be doing in that space.

Is it true that Starbucks can hold shareholder meetings virtually, but it refuses to allow some union members to join bargaining negotiations virtually, even if other members are present?

Just for 30 seconds, can I be recognized to submit a letter into the record from the Albuquerque store that sent it to Mr. Schultz?

I have had a terrible time also trying to get accurate data on the number of tribal homes that don't have electricity or don't have broadband.