We need a Labor Secretary who understands that employees in America who are working 50 or 60 hours a week should not continue to be cheated out of the overtime pay that they have earned.

We need a Labor Secretary who will work each and every day to make it easier, not harder, for workers to exercise their Constitutional right to join unions.

It is a bedrock of our democracy that the law applies to everyone, including the most powerful.

workers have a right to join a union.

Starbucks has refused to sign a single first contract with the union.

It would seem to me that if I was sitting where you were sitting and fighting for a union, one of my demands would be consistent and reasonable scheduling that I have some input to.

I believe that labor unions play an important role in protecting that bedrock principle.

I commend the Committee for holding this hearing to show that you take seriously the rights of Starbucks workers to organize.

Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in the modern history of our Country.

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 billionaires and large corporations can break the law with impunity.

The fundamental issue we are confronting today is whether we have a system of justice that applies to all or whether billionaires and large corporations can break the law with impunity.