[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H3753-H3754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SUPPORTING STARBUCKS WORKERS

  (Mr. NORCROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I am back once again to talk about the 
people who brought you the $8 cup of coffee, Starbucks.
  Since I last spoke on the floor, a couple things have changed. The 
$20 million man, Kevin Johnson, has resigned. I think that is a good 
thing. Now, Howard Schultz is back, the former CEO and chairman.
  But plenty hasn't changed. They still send those corporate 
representatives to the stores to intimidate the young workers. They 
subject the workers to

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captive listening sessions. When that doesn't work, they fire their 
employees. Five hundred bucks an hour for an antiunion lawyer to go in 
and fire a $13-an-hour worker. Wow. After what they did in the 
pandemic, this is what we are seeing.
  Howard, do the right thing. Respect your workers. Give them a voice 
in the workplace. Let them vote on the union.

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