[ad_1] Here are five takeaways from Wednesday’s hearing: Starbucks isn’t budging Schultz may no longer be holding the reins, but he made clear he does not believe the company has done anything illegal in its effort to quell a unionization drive that gained steam in 2021 and rippled across hundreds of Starbucks stores in 2022. … Read more
[ad_1] “If I’m worth $8 million, that’s good news to me,” said Sanders, calling it a “lie.” [ad_2] #Markwayne #Mullin #Bernie #Sanders #heated #exchange #Vermont #lawmakers #net #worth #hearing #Starbuckslabor #practices ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )
[ad_1] Sanders was preparing a subpoena vote this week. [ad_2] #Bernie #Sanders #Starbucks #CEO #Howard #Schultz #testify #Vermonters #panel #Senate ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )
[ad_1] “He has denied meeting and document requests, skirted congressional oversight attempts, and refused to answer any of the serious questions we have asked,” Sanders said in a statement. “Unfortunately, Mr. Schultz has given us no choice, but to subpoena him.” The Senate HELP Committee, which Sanders leads, will vote on the subpoena March 8. … Read more
[ad_1] It’s Democrats’ first use of their new subpoena power now that they have a real majority in the chamber [ad_2] #Democratic #majority #Bernie #Sanders #hold #vote #subpoena #StarbucksHoward #Schultz #week ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )
[ad_1] Judith Whitmer, the insurgent party chair who wrested control of the party from mainstream Democrats, is facing a challenge in her reelection campaign next month amid doubts from her own former supporters and accusations that she abandoned her progressive principles. And even key figures in Bernie world — including Sanders himself — say they … Read more
[ad_1] Moderna on Wednesday said people in the U.S. will be able to access vaccines “regardless of ability to pay.” | Jon Cherry/Getty Images It “maybe was just a wild and crazy coincidence” drug company Moderna announced a plan to give free Covid vaccines to uninsured Americans right as a Senate committee asked them to … Read more
[ad_1] “There are a lot of 40-year-olds out there who ain’t particularly competent,” Sanders said. “Older people, you know, you look at the individual. I don’t think you make a blanket statement.” Haley, the 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina, announced her bid for the Republican nomination for president last week. In her announcement speech, … Read more
[ad_1] In one of her first acts as governor, Sanders garnered national attention for a directive banning the term Latinx across the Arkansas government. In her Tuesday response, Sanders similarly waded into culture war subjects that have animated conservatives in the Biden years, inveighing against “false idols” of the left and other conservative punching bags. … Read more
[ad_1] The press secretary-turned-governor was a polarizing figure during her tenure behind the White House briefing room podium, from which she sparred often with the Washington press corps as she defended then-President Donald Trump amid his administration’s controversy and scandal. Sanders herself was eventually caught up in controversy in 2019, when a report released by … Read more