starbucks corporation sbux ceo howard schultz could be subpoenaed before a committee led by sen bernie sanders ivt if the latter has his way what happened sanders wants schultz to testify on alleged labor violations and has scheduled a vote on march 8 in the senate health education labor and pensions committee which would make it mandatory for the executive to appear before the panel reported bloomberg starbucks said the move was a “disappointing development” and said it would continue its dialogue with sanders’s staff a company spokesperson said they were optimistic about arriving at an “appropriate resolution” according to the report “unfortunately mr schultz has given us no choice but to subpoena him” said sanders the vermont senator said that a multibilliondollar corporation like starbucks “cannot continue to break federal labor law with impunity” “the time has come to hold starbucks and mr schultz accountable” said sanders reported bloomberg see also how to buy starbucks sbux shares why it matters starbucks has denied allegations of labor law violations according to bloomberg sanders reportedly invited schultz to testify on a voluntary basis about complaints filed with the national labor relations board that the seattlebased company had violated federal labor laws benzinga found that on the nlrb website there are more than 1200 cases listed involving starbucks last year it was reported that starbucks illegally withheld wages and benefits from union workers at the time 230 locations had voted to join starbucks workers united that number has now grown to 278 according to the union’s website   price action on wednesday starbucks shares closed 065 lower at 10143 in the regular session according to benzinga pro data read next starbucks to launch olive oilinfused coffee line in select markets transformative or tastebud challenge