I commend the Committee for holding this hearing to show that you take seriously the rights of Starbucks workers to organize.
These workers know, as I do, that union workers earn 20 percent more on average than nonunion workers.
the National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, has filed over 80 complaints against Starbucks for violating Federal labor law...
It is a bedrock of our democracy that the law applies to everyone, including the most powerful.
Starbucks broke the law 130 times across six states since workers began organizing in the fall of 2021.
Let us be clear, Starbucks egregious union busting campaign is not limited to Buffalo.
The fundamental issue we are confronting today is whether we have a system of justice that applies to all or whether bil...
strong unions are a vital part of rebuilding the declining middle class in this country.
Today in America, we have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever had.
Unless we change the nature of the way our economy works, it is all too likely that our younger generation will have a l...
As a result of that economic reality, what we are now seeing is a major increase in trade union organizing.