So obvious which side the Republicans are on not the side of unions or working people, or they’d be just as outraged I’m sure Mr. Starbucks contributes Mucho bucks to their campaigns. What do you wanna bet?
Actually if you listen to some of the health insurance benefits that they felt are noteworthy you would obviously notice Starbucks catering to democrats demands okay if the Starbucks cooperation is donating to Republican candidates they are pretty stupid and getting nothing for their money
The extended food stamp benefits were possibly one of the best things the US govt did to keep the economy functioning. It kept the grocery stores, food manufacturers, transportation and farmers and ranchers going. Now that it has expired, I can't help but wonder how many food-based businesses are going to collapse.
I'm curious to see how it pans out. I can barely afford food and I'm "too rich" to be approved in Texas. You have to be homeless to be approved here (based on how poor you have to be)
Yeah they increased food sales but now they want to produce our food and take away the farmers and manufacturing of food products so okay nice that the taxpayers were responsible for increasing in food purchases and productivity but that is far from the answer when the small business farmers are being told to destroy many of their production because government says there's no need and it's just extra while bill gates and Chinese based companies are buying up all kinds of land used for food production and we have some people supporting lab growth of even vegetables because they are larger and they claim support environment protection when it's all about control and you ask anyone the quickest way to control people is to control the food supply even better than controlling their money
I did some Googling, and even the TOP baristas only make 16./hr. regular baristas make less than 12./hr. And, everyone has to split their tips, which is a shame, since some workers are lazy and others work hard for their tips. It's not fair, that a waitress should spit his/her tips, when another wait staff is on a cell phone every chance they have. When I was working at a 5-star restaurant while attending college, the cooks and bartenders made much more in hourly wages, and we kept our own tips. Now, everyone makes minimum wage or less (because they are tipped) and, the wait staff has to split their tips with everyone, from dishwashers to assistant managers. And, restaurants need to STOP automatically making you pay a tip. A 'tips' an acronym for 'To Insure Prompt Service' and not a free for all for money.
@@danni1993Tips should be given at customers' will and employees shouldn't be expecting it's customers' responsibility to leave a bill. It's clear that too many people get paid too little so that too many people consider tips a "must do" thing.
@@marcusswings6250 Starbucks is basically a category killer with 40% of the market share. Dunkin Donuts and JAB add up to 78% of the market share. Which means in reality most Americans only have a few options on where to get coffee. There isn't much competition and it is pretty sad compared to all the other options people in Europe get to have.
The people really love Starbucks and what they do....and they are happy to pay crazy prices for coffee that is nothing to rave about. They don't really care how the employees are treated....they just want the cup to look stylish.
@@ddddddno24 indeed! Here in UK baristas at Starbucks earn about £10 hour, and a Cappuccino cost around £5. That's why it's a multi billionaire company. Modern slavery at his best!
Because youll watch all those companies move out of the country or shut down. Why would I want to put my money on the line and be the only skin in the game and then turn it over to you somebody who has nothing to lose if the company tanks?
Not completely true, SOME not all unions offer their own benefits. A vast majority negotiate benefits, of which are consistently under attack by employers.
As a southerner I just wanted to say I'm sorry. We're not all like that and I wouldnt claim anyone that would do that. There are a lot of us with accents that don't like the state of the South in terms of it's politics.
I live in a right to work state North Carolina, and I worked both Non-Union as well as Union, and there are benefits to employees as well as employers to unionizing the company, and in North Carolina as an employee you have 1/3 of the rights that you have if you're a union member, and can get fired without any merit of the accusations of the employers, and if Starbucks owners are not wanting to unionize then , it can't really be forced , but employees need the protections and rights that are agreed upon between employers and employees. Starbucks seems that they don't want to organize with the employees and come to an agreement that is fair to the employees and the benefits that are already providing, there wouldn't be any difference in just sitting down with a mediator and come to a more beneficial agreement for the employees of Starbucks, it's not like the employees want something for nothing they are just wanting fair treatment as well as a mediated and draft legal rules and rights for employees, a structured contract is really needed for Starbucks as a whole to satisfy the national labor board , and each states laws and each employees rights, to an equal opportunity employer , and reducing hours to employees that are unionized and the stores that aren't unionized don't get hours reduced , is discriminatory in nature because of the union hating going on which is actually hating that employees have actual rights and actually want job stability and for to be gainfully employed, if the CEO doesn't want to switch all Starbucks to all union stores, then sell his shares and let a fair CEO that wants all Starbucks employees to have a safe reliable employment opportunity and that will have more of a connection from the lowest paid employee to the top paid employer where communication is available, and the employees have actual rights and fair treatment and , that the top employers can be held accountable for unfair and illegal and discriminatory acts against employees, that only want decent pay , reliable employment to pay their bills , and the rights to a safe and healthy working environment for all employees, the aforementioned benefits are really close to the same thing that the employees want but the ability to be treated humanly without threats and gutter tactics to make life difficult for employees by the top few employers because Starbucks is actually afraid to restructure the entire company and , treat all employees the same with respect and lawfully and not practice unfair and dishonest business practices, that are the current tactics, being made... Unionized companies can make way more money than non unionized companies the cost is the real issue the cost would actually be cheaper on Starbucks unionized than the way it currently is it's unwillingness to do what's fair to all employees , it actually shows everyone how employers don't really care about the employees , it's not only Starbucks, but also Walmarts and the right to work states need to change the individual states laws to enable fair employment for all employees everywhere in every state..the labor laws need restructured to make the working environment and job security to improve the entire economy and the health to all the working classes..
I'd love to see Senator Paul's numbers on incomes being 4 fold today from 1950. In 1950, my grandparents could buy a home in Middle TN for a fraction of their yearly salar long before 35 years old.
That is because we print money devaluing it and the largest expenditure that causes these deficits is SS Medicare and Medicaid by a wide margin then followed by defense.
Minimum wage in 1965 equaled five silver quarters. Today, those quarters melt value is around 25 dollars. Kennedy was killed and the silver was taken out of the coins. Less than ten years later, Nixon stopped backing the dollar with gold. Funny money is the name of the game today. A candy bar was a nickel when Johnson was president. According to candy bar access, in 1965 a minimum wage worker could access 25 candy bars. Today it requires fifty dollars to access 25 candy bars.
A bunch of ungrateful people. The Starbucks I go to I still see the same people and some new souls. This is the work environment we’re in 🤡 baristas want ceo pay.
@@user-gu7dn9gr8f No mate, most people just want to work in their 40 and be able to afford a decent living. No one in their right mind needs almost 9 million salary plus 90k share options. its unreal and unnecessary. the CEO to worker ratio should not be in the average of almost 400 times.
2:02:50 Why is the federal government trying to force a private corporation to allow its employees to dictate their own terms of employment. It’s hypocritical to have a minimum wage and make the argument employees have a right to collectively bargain. Contracts should be agreed to if it’s mutually beneficial. The government is trying to force Starbucks to enter into a contract that is not mutually beneficial. What right does the government have to do this? At what point does it become tyranny?
@aboutnthe 49 minute mark… Schultz goes on about the store in Vermont… I hope most people will recognize that it’s impossible to make a judgement call based on his telling alone.
Same at RTX. Waiting all day for the union worker to switch out one hardware that engineer could do it in 2 minutes. However engineers could not do the hardware switch out, because they will get in trouble from the union. This is in California.
How can any human being sit there and say they follow the law. But then at least 2 judges said they did. Then these senators speak about him like cheerleaders. This is disgusting . What's obvious to me is Mr Schulz is a power hungry person. And he thinks he knows what's best for everyone .
Car manufacturers started parting out work to avoid paying union workers. They lost oversight and quality control. The Japanese came in with a far superior product. You can’t blame unions on shorty design. You ain’t got to lie!
@@gothicgolem2947 Because they're not family. It's company, not the military, we're not serving on an aircraft carrier. It's a job. Call it what it is, and drop the nonsensical euphemisms.
@@partmemjustin some places act like a family….. just because you think it’s nonsense doesn’t mean it should be illegal people should have the right to do things that to others may be nonsense
Thank you Mr.Schultz! Starbucks has been my family going on 14 years now... I am a proud employee and thank you for your dedication. Please keep fighting for us who support your vision.
$17.50 minimum wage in the major cities is not something to brag about. Sure, in more rural areas or areas where the cost of living is lower, that is great, but for example, I live in the Seattle area and if you live in Seattle proper, you need to earn over $40/hr to meet a cost of living if you base that on the general thought that someone should make 3x their housing cost in a month (which most apartments require).
Okay well if you choose to live as an adult in an area that the cost of living is so high then you better gain some experience to live there not work at Starbucks and complain
And honestly when I lived completely by myself for the first time I never made three times my rent and survived and found landlords who based decisions on length at employment rental history and their own judgment of whether someone not making anything like 3 x their income okay and this myth that you should make 3 x your rent to live comfortably is a total lie that is what they require so they feel you will pay your rent because most people can't budget and prioritize rent unless they have lots of extra money okay I've never lived on more than 2000 a month and yes I lived in a city with lower cost of living and provides lower paying opportunities so I worked two jobs okay prioritize
The crazy thing is he is proud about paying his on their feet hard working "partners" pennies. I decided I would ask for what I wanted & have been making better pay ever since. Thanks covid!!!
@Sharon Hamilton you live in delusion. Most apartments the days are ran by investment corporations. The new norm is 3.5x income or a credit score over 750.
IT’s being discussed because we have one party wants to uphold our rights and one party who wants to help the billionaires in this country which are the republicans they are the party who doesn’t do anything for the working Americans. It should be automatic and no discussion but you can tell the difference by the questioning by the 2 party. I will never vote against myself
@@placeswelive5388 Collective bargaining is a right under the law. Nobody in the video said it was a constitutional right. A debate among the Founding Fathers about whether or not to have a Bill of Rights centered on a Bill of Rights being construed as the only rights the people would have, which the Founders didn’t intend.
@@dorothygale1104 So then its not really a right, if it isnt laid out in the constitution then it really isnt a right. Besides somebody who puts their own skin in the game and starts a company should have the right to run it how they see fit. If you dont like it then dont work there its really simple. Why should you get to dictate what Joe Blo does with his company and the money he invested in it all the while you arent on the hook for squat if it fails because of the policies you think he should have?
The corporate-freeloader class is hilarious. Millions of workers through the years built that company, in reality that is. But Howard believes "he" built it, and "earned" "his" billions, "no one gave me nothing" he said. Lmao, except for the millions of people who gave him billions in hours of labor. He's eirher dillusional or disengenuos
@@jasonmatias2597 doesn't change the FACT that the workers create the wealth, and the conniving corporate freeloader class extract the wealth created by the workers
@@jasonmatias2597 A bad exchange rate when the corporation generates billions through those hours and the workers see comparative pennies on the dollar in return for their work.
@@ImpofRelentlessness salary is based on demand and supply these are basic things you should learn. You are highly emotional person. Your emotions haa nothing to do with creating value
@@jasonmatias2597 ahh yes the terrible “you feel strongly about something thus your argument is invalid” argument. Thanks for forthrightly completely invalidating anything you have to say on any subject, both already extant and going forward.
Nothing that Schultz or the conservatives said ... has anything to do with the matters at hand, which is what happened to unionization efforts of Starbucks employees. Nothing is directly addressing what has been proven to have happened. Can we get some handcuffs finally?
Exactly. For all of Schulz’s propaganda about being progressive and implementing wages and benefits that are the best in the industry, his anti-union talk and actions are incongruent with being such a benevolent employer as hep describes himself to be. He is benevolent only if he is calling the shots, but heaven forbid if the employees band together and negotiate for something different. Also, Shultz repeating over and over that Starbucks has a right to its preference for its employees to not unionize is wholly irrelevant. Sure the company has a right to prefer its employees don’t unionize. But that has nothing to do with the employees having a legal right to unionize. Nor does Starbuck’s preference allow them to do anything to prevent employees seeking to unionize or retaliate against employees for unionizing. By Shuktz repeating over and over the company’s right to prefer no union, he is implying that translates into Starbucks having the right to engage in the anti-union behavior they are accused of or been cited for. BTW - it was very telling how Shultz had no real response to the Senator who pinned him down on Shultz’s claim to not breaking the law and that claim not squaring with NLRB judges citing the company many times for illegal behaviors.
It's an inside job. If 99% of stores aren't unionized it's because nobody wants to be a lifelong barista. The people that run the union only make money by charging the workers union fees. More workers more money....
I guess my question is is how much money at the expense of their staff do these bosses need? Wtf do you do with that money? You can only wear one pair of shiny shoes at a time.
i believe Howard said they invest most of it back in the business and to the communities they serve to continue to generate profit which continues to get reinvested in the business to generate value for the shareholders (of which every starbucks employee is one). Does that make sense?
@@kdf425u don’t get the stock free u can get it at a discounted price after working there 90 days and it would be deducted from ur pay and I believe they invest in thier business if they think the investment will end up in more pocket money but what does Starbucks do to improve the community expect over priced coffee
That kind of rhetoric is what's wrong with this country today where everyone looks at successful people and rich people like they did something wrong by earning money and when businesses and ceo agree to give up any of their earnings with people who earn less money that is a support for socialism where profits of some citizens should be distributed to other citizens not because they know them or were unaware of their lower income but because they have so much more that they automatically should give to others and people do not become successful business owners or starters by someday making a goal to give future or current employees with any more than they earned so could this man afford to give his earnings to the average worker in his company that is the definition of the whole basis of socialism but then it becomes the governments decision to how much every citizen deserves and when you make statements how this man should give money he earned by having a very profitable company but he doesn't owe any money to his employees who would never make a fraction of what he did but he started the company and earned all his money and it might sound nice to say why does he need so much money when people working there don't make anything like that much but you should stop expecting successful business owners and millionaires in our country whether earned or inherited to give it to poorer citizens just because of no good reason other than they have so much and others don't that destroys everything our country was founded on and that's the American dream and this guy is the perfect example he had nothing and built one of the most successful businesses and it's wrong to say that what could get possibly need that much money for like what another suit or expensive pair of shoes when the average worker in his company who agreed to that wage when offered a job and say he should think about the people making the lowest amount of money working for him so yeah it sounds like it's right because young people don't embrace building something from nothing but please start a business grow it to the success of Starbucks and listen to people expecting you to give your earnings away simply because you were so successful okay you do that and then tell me your opinion
I remember in the late 90s-2000? Starbucks came to Hawaii, approached all the local cafes and hired the owners to run the new Starbucks thus closing the cafes down. Was sad see thriving neighborhoods hangouts go and we all went the new SB way since they had our old cafe workers and owners. Killing cafes and now killing unions is the SB way, no surprise there. My preference is to go local, much easier now after watching this
If all the Starbucks closed tomorrow it would be good for the rise of small local businesses. Local biz would have more heart and pay their local employees better living wages
For-profit healthcare in the U.S. is not just outrageously expensive, it actually rids hospital of those dying of cancer, and farms them out to un-trained, understaffed "care homes" at the additional personal expense of the dying You need additional longterm insurance disability benefits which usually provides for a teacher, from $2000 to $3,000/month, whereas the actual price is $8'0000/month. So $5,000/month is out of pocket. Before you die in pain of cancer, your life savings will be emptied. Bet nobody told you that's how America's beautiful healthcare system works. Oh, they also take a slice from the untrained "Home care's" based on having recommended them. The staff are not trained or even legally allowed to dispense morphine or fentanyl, and hospice comes twice a week. What an ungodly mess to place dying Americans in.
Honestly, if they want to resolve the issue of hours translating to benefits, what they should be doing is tying those benefits to days worked, not hours. If a company wants to work you 25 hours a week or 10 a different week, and they split that over 3 or 4 days to keep you from acquiring other reliable income, then that should translate to benefits. One of the most annoying things companies do is give you little to no hours, but go out of their way to divide it over multiple days, for what seems to be the purpose of preventing you from seeking other employment.
something is fishy about this ... namely, why are the Dems going after one of their own? It would make sense if it were one of the other companies that have huge disparity issues, but Starbucks does not make sense. Starbucks must have the least amount of donations available so it will serve as a sacrificial lamb to keep the dull voters motivated to vote Dem.
The intelligence and common sense of the average American has been tossed out the window . When I listen to some of these elected senators , I Always wonder who voted for them? They either spout lies or at a minimum distort the truth to their advantage. I am so glad I went to public schools that taught me how to think not what to think .
The Republic was designed to have educated, land owning men vote for the representatives, and among the representatives would be the selection for senators. America is terribly distorted having senators selected by a popular vote of illiterate, poverty stricken wage slaves without assets yet possess the right to vote for representatives they have never met nor understand what those representatives are obligated to provide their constituents.
I love how Howie mentions that they give "bean stock" to partners, but not that you can't even access *half* of those stocks until after you've already worked with the company for over a year past the grant date. The other half after another year. And as Bernie said in the beginning, there's a high turnaround rate. Are we supposed to be impressed by this generosity that most of us can't even take advantage of? lol
I just quit starbucks two weeks shy of my bean stock. No pto in the first year, and the entire time i worked i only had a handful of weeks where I got over 20 hours, so I never even qualified for the "amazing health benefits"
I am SO HAPPY you are bringing this up. Or how about the “healthcare benefits” come out of employee’s paychecks not to mention that the healthcare they offer is crappy.
@@rebuttcaI wish you were questioning Howard Schultz with the cold,hard facts about how the amazing “benefits” aren’t actually available to most. I hope you’ve found better employment elsewhere. Starbucks is not the Shangri-la that they purport to be.
@@jujube1234-h3b oo boy, if I could have a one on one with Howie he would definitely be hearing about how little employees benefit from having a job at this company.
As Bernie would like: ordinary people living hand to mouth and the people relying on the Govt. just to get by. As people in the Govt. getting rich by writing books & getting first hand info. on breaking business news due to bills that they are passing & demonizing success of anybody trying to get financially ahead. Some of the wealthy in this Country were poor at one time & if it were up to people like Bernie Sanders those people would be channeled into a narrow path with no opportunity to prosper financially. Only those Politicians in Washington would be allowed to become as wealthy as they have.
I won’t go to any unionized Starbucks. These members don’t have a clue how lucky they are to be working for such a great company that takes care of their schooling, health insurance and top pay in the Industry. Just a bunch of ungrateful brats for what this man has done for his people.
@@Ornithology654 you know the unions aren’t doing this from the kindness of their heart right? 😂 they get PAID. Employees don’t win and Starbucks doesn’t win everyone loses except for the leaders of the union who then funnel their money.
I deserve more than 15.00/hour.. I can't get out of my mother's house, I can't pay rent because I can't even begin to think about making the money required for it, at starbucks.. 25 hours a week if i'm lucky.
@@sharonhamilton3439 he didn’t found it actually. Three men founded Starbucks as a coffee bean selling company, and Howard took it from under them by going to the shareholders with his idea of a cafe
Howie should be in prison. His depraved activity and massive greed causes suffering to untold employees. Howie, your argument about your father's experience is deeply flawed. Instead, most people with a conscience, would remember how that felt and to have compassion for your workers. Instead, you sit there and lie about "benefits."
Good lord, these republicans are terrible, never actually addressing fact and attacking those who collected the data instead of actually trying to refute the data which is consistent regardless of that agency.
Wish I had seen Anthem Inc execs called on the carpet for their actions. Now they changed company same to Elevance. Likely for the same reason that Dillinger assumed various names.
With a phone in my pocket, while walking home in the rain, I could automatically tell when a Republican is speaking for a Corporation. Protect Corporations at all costs when you're Republican, and make sure their stockholders make as much money as possible. When people make poverty wages as Republicans just say it's okay and Jesus will take of you, now excuse me as I grab as much money from campaign contributions as possible from the same corporations that are Union busting.😔🤢🤮
If the company doesnt make a profit there isnt a company for you to work at. You can start your own company and give away all the benefits you would like to but you wouldnt be in business long.
@@hollowhammer3526 That's just gaslighting bull$hit for I just want to be greedy and have people work for not enough money to live on...so I can keep it all period. The funny thing is I would have more respect for you if you just said I don't give a fu$k about anybody but myself at least you are being honest. I'm not surprised real folks work with hammers that are not hollow.
Am I the only one who is horrified and disgusted by this!? He actually thinks he DESERVES all that money. The arrogance! The greed! The lies! How could the billionaire class be so out of touch? They are public enemy number one. They literally think everyone else is poor because they deserve it.
*Union-Cups* All workers who wish to form a UNION should start a company: name it UNION-CUPS, and have all employees be part of a UNION. They could pay their workers more per hour as many of the speakers in this meeting believe should be a priority. Let's see how many stores they can open in the coming decades. In fact, I would support _forcing Starbucks to DONOTE_ let's say fifty stores and all of their current workers in order to help get this UNION coffee business going, since it seems like it's having trouble starting on its own, like Starbucks did! - j q t -
@@jujube1234-h3b You should read of history of Howard Schultz and How Genereous the benefits are at Starbucks 20 Hours (PART TIME) Full Benefits especially Medical Benefits
News Flash Mr Sanders & Company you are all Hypocrites. Like Mr. Shultz I own “MY” company, while my friends and other people my age would take their paychecks each week and were out enjoying the good life I spent mine on classes and textbooks while they ate steaks and burgers I would be sitting down with Tyson or Ramen while they had nice car’s burning the road’s partying my 75 Duster sat cold in the driveway since I was inside studying. The list could go on but my point is how dare you or anyone else say on how I should run “MY” company. I always have paid more than minimum wage and have treated employees fair, but the keyword is employees. So you tell me mr. millionaire why do I not have the right to run “MY” company as I wish just like Timmy or Tammy has every right to quit and go some place else to work if their not happy. The problem is you say we should be equals when we’re the furthest thing from being equal what would be the point if everyone would be.
This man mentioned affordable healthcare as being a big part of his desire to unionize - it continues to blow my mind that business community (particularly companies like Starbucks who have lower wage labor) doesn’t lobby for universal healthcare. Our absolutely terrible, opaque, extremely wasteful system of private healthcare in our country is a huge cost for employers + consistently seen as a negative in relationship between employer and employee. Corporations want to minimize risk of unionization in their company - universal healthcare. Even in the unlikely case workers are more unhappy with their universal healthcare - it takes the employer out of it. With rising costs and Lower levels of care- the chances are high that many employees feel negatively towards their health plan and therefore their employer who is administering it. Schultz is shocked and offended that his employees are unhappy with their wages and benefits (he uses their healthcare insurance to inflate their wages btw - high deductible healthcare insurance btw). If he looked at the costs incurred by the employees for those “benefits” along with their pay- and really tried to budget for their life- he would be less surprised by their discontent . Schultz wake up- providing “benefits” is not the win for Starbucks that you thought it was. If you are smart you and your corporate overlords will figure this out. Take a pain point out of employer employee relationships and push government for universal healthcare.
Exactly start offering the same crappy insurance most food service jobs provide and stop stock options for everyone and limit college funding except for industries that benefit Starbucks like business and food service professional degrees and negotiate it all with the union and leave it at that
Everyone wants some form of universal healthcare, but nobody will pay more taxes to get it. I want everyone to have healthcare that is good, but not everyone wants to pay for it. I wish more people realize it is not socialism to want universal healthcare by raising taxes slightly.
You have to realize lower income families qualify for Medicare and working people with children can also qualify even if their employer offers health insurance I want to keep my private health insurance through my employer because overall I think it's more comprehensive than what the government could offer if they paid for Medicare for all
When will politicians figure out that it is not a proud point for a company to make that their average pay is just above the average minimum wage in states. Your basis shouldn’t be off of the minimum, but what the labor is actually worth. Also, demand created those jobs, not the CEO’s.
hard disagree in this specific case.. Howard, the OG CEO of SBUX, created the consumer demand for SBUX coffee, the brand in general, and the hundreds of thousands of jobs that resulted from that. If you want to be rich (in the monetary sense) then you probably shouldn't make a career out of being a barista, let alone joining a union to be a barista for life.
@@kdf425 this isn’t about becoming rich, this is about making enough to live comfortably, which should be the minimum standard for all jobs. If you’re working, then you should be able to live comfortably regardless of the job. I’m also not going to agree that he created the demand all himself either.
@Brian Rupp NO! I work with complete idiots in my work. I make less money because of minimum wage. My employer can not afford to award me or other hardworking people because you think a dishwasher or a barista should be able to afford a 1200 apartment on a single income. Life has never worked this way
Dear Reader: Sorry' Mr. Paul. The planet is dying. Keep attacking "sustainability" and our children and youth will have no planet left to consume. It's that simple. There is a "balance" that need's to be rethought out w/capitalism & Sustainability. There's good and bad in everything ! JSC
@@DEBBIEPOP1 There absolutely is something wrong with that if in-person meetings place an undue burden upon the employees. Nobody chooses Zoom first. If he is unwilling to compromise on how the meetings are conducted in a way that best fits the employees and their schedules, then how can they trust him to negotiate in good faith for all of them?
Also - if Sbux had granted the same pay and benefit increases to everyone equally regardless of their union affiliation or not, then for one it isn’t illegal and for two, no union would disagree with things that benefitted their employees as long as it was not weaponized.
I like how he said that story about people hating entrepreneurs and beating the guy who made fire to death, then follows it up with "oh but capitalism works, this guy is selling bean water for $6, let's worship him"
he is one of Russia's finest employees - if republicans have their way - you will need to adapt - because he might be one of the good ones then - but probably not - have to admit he has one of the more punchable faces you will find
Bingo! Board of Directors is at the top of the corporate food chain. They can hire and fire CEOs at will. CEO at my company got fired by the board last week lmao.
I was a partner myself, for altogether about 5 years, until four months ago. Starbucks is not a "bad" company to work for, and that doesn't matter, because that's NOT the point. Senator Smith said it concisely: Not only bad companies should be unionized, and whether a company becomes unionized is not supposed to be only, or even mostly, up to the company executives. 1:31:10 - 1:32:20
Why shouldnt they be able to run their company how the want to? Its his company after all just like you can choose to work there or not. If you want to see what unions do for the working person look no farther then the hollowed out husk of the American auto industry. They sure are good for jobs just the problem is the jobs are in china and Mexico.
@@hollowhammer3526 It should be illegal to outsource labor this way (: At least in certain industries. The greed of corporate overlords is not the fault of unions. If you're mad about outsourcing of labor, direct your anger to the people who are making the decisions to do it, all because they don't feel like taking a cut on their multi-million dollar liquid annual salary.
Wow, Ms. Greszller, Your testimony is just what I would expect from an economist from the American Heritage Foundation. Unfortunately, most of what you said was not not based on economics. Pure political opinion. Too bad.
I love Howard Schultz. ❤ very smart, very creative. He created something out of nothing, Something we can all enjoy, He created spaces for us to spend time together, And he elevated a dismissed part of socializing. I don’t understand the animosity towards him from Bernie Sanders, Who is nothing but a loudspeaker. What has he created in his life? What has he established that is anything new for us?
This is a joke, right?? Bernie has done more for our country in five minutes than Howie has done in his whole life. Howard Shultz is just a guy who bought a business, and profited off of other people's ideas and hard work. He claims to be liberal, but happily benefits being a billionaire because of capitalism. Bernie, however, has dedicated most of his adult life to serving the public. He was a mayor for eight years, and has dedicated most of his time into making American workers' lives better and fighting for our rights and our livelihood.
Dude keeps saying they didn't brake any law or they believe they are not in the wrong... Then take a look around! Look at the situation! Read the room, dude. Why else would you be there? Is he okay in the head?!
An hour in and Starbucks invented fire! 😶 Schultz feels the Bern! 🧤🔥 Schultz is product placing literally and metaphorically, doing well with both. I wonder though about the timing of his return as CEO, the start of unionisation attempts and increasing rates of and the new benefits. Is it a case of Schultz providing plausible deniability for something that was actually payback?
Bernie (?) said billionaires shouldn't be a thing, not millionaires. Urban cities do tend to be Democrat run, however correlation isn't causation. Billionaires might feel no responsibility for contributing to/ solving systemic problems, however they do share some both. When there are trillions offshored by companies, trusts and individuals, then yes.
Obviously he resigned as ceo because he didn't want to be found responsible and perhaps he is not so proud of Starbucks like he says and only loved it when everyone was happy and he was becoming a millionaires now he's ready to go but agreed to appear in court to defend Starbucks because when he loved it and became so rich he was proud but now perhaps he's like hey I'm out of here
