Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz declines to appear at U.S. Senate hearing

Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz declined an invitation from 11 senators to attest connected March 9 connected the java company's compliance with national labour law, according to a missive seen by Reuters precocious Tuesday.

Last week, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who chairs a committee connected labour issues, and 10 different members of the committee asked Schultz to reply by Feb. 14 whether helium would instrumentality part.

Schultz, who re-joined Starbucks arsenic interim CEO successful April 2022, volition "fully transition" retired of the relation adjacent month, said Starbucks acting enforcement vice president and wide counsel Zabrina Jenkins successful the letter.

"Given the timing of the transition, his relinquishment of immoderate operating relation successful the institution going guardant and what we recognize to beryllium the taxable of the hearing, we judge different elder person with ongoing responsibilities is champion suited to code these matters," Jenkins wrote.