In labor news, workers at a high-end Starbucks in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan have voted to become the first Starbucks to unionize in New York City and the 10th store nationwide. During a recent town hall, Starbucks’s billionaire CEO Howard Schultz spoke out against the unionization drives.

Howard Schultz: “We can’t ignore what is happening in the country as it relates to companies throughout the country being assaulted, in many ways, by the threat of unionization.”

Earlier this week, Senator Bernie Sanders referenced Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz during a speech on the floor of the Senate.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “What these recent union victories tell me is that working people all over this country are sick and tired of being exploited by corporations who today are making record breaking profits. They are sick and tired of billionaires, like Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks, becoming obscenely richer during the pandemic, while they, the workers, put their lives on the line, working for inadequate wages, inadequate benefits, and unfair working conditions and schedules.”