[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HELPING STARBUCKS EMPLOYEES THRIVE

  (Mr. NORCROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I am here to talk about a company you 
might have heard about: Starbucks. They made the $8 cup of coffee a 
little popular.
  The workers there through the pandemic are now struggling to form a 
union. Well, Kevin Johnson, the CEO, got a 39 percent raise. Not bad. 
The workers took a cut.
  Those profits didn't magically appear. Starbucks didn't pour their 
own coffee. It was the men and women who went out during the pandemic 
and went to work. Yet, Kevin Johnson gets a $20 million bonus.
  If Kevin is listening, he should do the right thing.
  We hear the ethical sourcing that Starbucks talks about helping 
people thrive. Well, he needs to do it right here in America and treat 
his employees right.
  Mr. Speaker, Kevin should do the right thing and take care of his 
employees.

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