Bernie vs Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2023
- Senator Bernie Sanders grills former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on the union busting done by the company. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Watch TYT LIVE on weekdays 6-8 pm ET. ruclips.net/user/theyoungturkslive
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"Public scrutiny is brewing for former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on Wednesday as he testifies before a Senate committee about the company’s alleged anti-union practices.
In the last few years, as some workers for the coffee roaster and cafe chain have made high-profile attempts to unionize, the company has permanently closed stores where they worked and fired people who were helping organize. The company has consistently denied firing any employees or closing stores due to organizing activity."*
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We need more people like Bernie Sanders that actually care about people's rights
You fool. His policies are horrible for Americans.
Bernie pretends to cate about people, yet he does not give anything from his OWN money to the poor. That is a shame and he is not better than any billionaire
I agree.
@@MigattenoBlakae you agree? You fool. No country in the world has been successful by implementing the lies of bernie sanders. My god. Get an education
No big government or state has cared about people’s rights
Sometimes I think Bernie is the only one that gives a shit up there.
Only sometimes?
@@binarystar300 well all the time.
There are a few other progressives but democrats only started to open up to these wings recently
His policies do the opposite of what he promises. He lies continuously about who really pays taxes. He lies about capitalism. He’s gross. Only stupid people follow him. - thus the lefty voters.
How are you that dumb to follow bernie? Nowhere in America are his ideas successful.
Nobody asked Schultz the obvious question. If working conditions in the stores are so great, why do your employees want to organize? If you are such a benevolent employer, why are your most important employees, the ones who make the products that made you a billionaire, disgruntled.
Apparently he does not know what clopening is.
You’re comment is so ignorant. Of course low skilled labor- always wants more money- without having to increase skills.
This act of greed has nothing to do with Schultz. Omg. Starbucks has been praised for decades for taking good care of employees.
But fools like Bernie sanders always teaches the workers to be victims. Because if they are victims they are loyal voters. My god liberals are such shallow thinkers.
By the way- Starbucks workers voluntarily apply and stay at Starbucks. So much for victims huh ???
A question here does bernie sanders staff also get pay minimum wage ?
@@cybersaint9710 get rid of minimum wages entirely.
Millions will be employed, compete and drive up wages.
@ronaldreagan-ik6hz That still doesn't answer my question does bernie sanders staff get paid minimum wage
How do people think they got their 40-hour week, sick & vacation time, lunch breaks, safety regulations & health benefits?
Exactly. All the brain dead idiots that complain about " greedy unions" and their unreasonable union dues have no idea how horrendous and unsafe work standards would be had it not been for unionization. It's the only thing that has forced monstrous corporate entities to provide the bare minimum in regards to benefits and a decent work environment.
Because our corporate daddy gave them away out of the kindness of his heart, obviously.
Unions almost out general motors out of business
I swear so much would change if this country outlawed lobbying to actually have corporations behave and follow the laws...WOW!
It's all thanks to that stupid citizens united case that legalized bribery
💯%
Yep 😊
And pay taxes
First goal for the left should be to get the money out of politics completely. Huge penalties for anyone who accepts anything of value from anyone other than their time. If you really want to support a candidate volunteer. Anything else should result in jail time for the candidate. Also, no type of business ownership or holdings of any kind. Stock should all be in a blind trust or market account.
Starbucks failed in their move to Australia, not because Australians didn't want to pay for their weird combinations but because their coffee tasted like dishwater 😤
Australian here, it was actually both. We didn't want to pay for their weird combinations and their coffee tastes like dishwasher.
And it was twice Starbucks tried and failed too.😂
I'm not a huge Starbucks fan as we have plenty of local roasters that do it better, but I also find these comments funny because nobody I know thinks of Australia for their cuisine.
@@aliciagreen7512 To be fair, they don't think of American cuisine either. All the best restaurants in this country serve food from around the world because, just like Australia, we're a nation of immigrants. And by the way, even coffee isn't American. Don't be a snob. You don't qualify.
@@sawyermillman985Wasn't australia originally a penal colony. And let's not get started about banning games for the simplest things
@@cybersaint9710 No. It became a penal colony after the British empire did what they did around the world. Slaughtered the indigenous people and claimed to have "discovered" it. But then we started as a bunch of exiled religious extremists facing death or prison. So, again, don't be a snob.
STOP buying coffee at Starbucks. High prices and it’s not that great.
Washington state has one of the highest minimum wages and I haven't met 1 Starbucks employee starting at 17.50! Infact all there employees are part time with no benefits! Out right lies!
This is why starbucks failed dramatically in Australia. We have unions and they had to pay their staff a proper wage and we are not as gullible to pay exorbitant prices for crap coffee. We have a thriving coffee culture that supports the smaller family-run cafes rather than major corporations in it solely to line their pockets.
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Yep. Though I do miss pumpkin spice lattes.
Even the coffee we can get from McDonald's here is better than the overpriced sugar syrup that Starbucks tried to pass off as coffee.
The union's actually had nothing to do with Starbucks failing in Australia. Starbucks was always doomed here because we are a proud nation of coffee snobs that wouldn't even pay normal prices for crap like that.
Chains like Coffee Club and Gloria Jeans spread by fitting in with the rest of the coffee landscape while Starbucks thought they could waltz on in and think they owned the bloody place and failed twice.
Now they only seem to exist in places where tourists might stop by, or exist in pod form in the supermarket isle as the cheap alternative to Nespresso.
Don't fuck with coffee in Australia 🦘
Unions are bullies and prevent average citizens from getting good jobs. Wages should be decided upon between employees and employers, end of story.
I love Bernie. He is a good man.
Great man. And I say this as a Canadian.
No, you are just really misinformed.
@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz trollolololol
@@MigattenoBlakae nah. Anyone that supports Bernie is truly horribly misinformed
@@waryaawariiri1812 puke. Bernie is a leftist idiot.
I NEVER buy coffee at Starbucks. It is too bad that the people do not align with the workers but I will not pay those exorbitant prices. Full disclosure I have been part of organizing 4 unions.
You go hire 500,000 people - pay lots of benefits and all that- then let’s see what you pay them. It’s so easy to judge shit you know nothing about.
Shultz would be nothing without his employees
The fact that Starbucks would rather pay a union busting law firm than to pay their workers says a lot.
They spend more money on union busting than providing benefits.
Unions destroy companies- just as they have destroyed public education.
@@scifirealism5943 not true. Especially in the long run. Union participation is inversely proportional to the share of wealth going to the top 1%. Meaning as union participation goes up the wealth of the 1% goes down.
@@TheJesselopez1981 that's a good thing...
@@scifirealism5943 never said it wasnt.
Odd since Starbucks HAS to allow unions in the EU, as well as paying pensions contributions. Workers get maternity leave, paternity leave, PTO etc
C’mon American workers, don’t let the powers that be treat you live this. ,
In theory, they have to allow unions in the US also, but there are various loopholes.
We Americans are number 1 because we don't want better working rights and wages ,we don't want Healthcare in return for all the taxes we pay and we don't want pensions ,social security is enough to feed our seniors with cat food
Unions in the USA fuck up everything
@@evanr1784 you fool.
Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States, you have my vote.
$1,170000 would help in increasing worker's pay instead of feeding politicians
Ana, this is one of the most potent, insightful and punching episodes. I was an ex Union organizer at notorious Marriott In Flight and an artist whose currently doing an awesome portrait of Bernie Sanders. Thanks so much for the info, support and you feedback.
Oh my god you are stupid
Bernie Sanders is a man for the people!
No you’re just really misinformed.
One of the most disgusting things we hear, is the billionaire playing the victim.
They learned it from liberals
There are rich people who were once homeless what's our excuse why do you hate billionaires
@@fritzforsthoefel8031 Then they should be taxed like everyone
They pay almost all the taxes not sure what you mean
@@fritzforsthoefel8031 The middle class pays a higher percentage of taxes than Billionaires. Warren Buffet says his secretary pays a higher a considerably percentage than he does. A high end realtor on Billionaire’s row says the city gives huge tax breaks for the super wealthy on the multi million dollar condos. He said the middle class are paying for it. He said the tax burden always go to the middle class.
Billionaires receive very little or any money with a pay check. Their bills and expenses are primarily paid through the business. Billionaires are not paying 28 to 35 percent on money made or profits as the federal Government greatly reduced capital gains taxes. I am not mad at them. However that is the way it is !
Ugggg. Rand Paul makes me nauseous.
You are not alone
Bernie makes me nauseous.
@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz And people like you are disgusting and make me nauseous.
I agree. While not perfect (who is?) Bernie is the only politician who genuinely cares and fights for the ordinary American. Thank you, Bern Dog!
You misinformed fool
I would've loved Bernie as president
Even the DNC knew that would be a disaster. Like Trump, a bull in a Chinashop.
Yes. Ignorant people follow dumb things.
I am 69 years old.. I’m retired. I can not understand WHY/ HOW these billionaires fight tooth and nail over unions ( including the company I used to work for ) they fight over better ( livable ) wages, better benefits, approved days off etc etc . If I had $1,000 and I gave $50 to my employees, I would NEVER miss the $50 . I retired in 2010 and I feel bad for the remaining workers because their union contract has gone to Crap. Regardless I’m glad I got out when I did . My EX company I worked for makes 10 to 50 billion dollars in (profits )a year . That’s Billions . And yet they won’t agree to better benefits . I hope that the government, and state , and citizens STICK IT very very deep into Northfork Southern pockets.
Because it's not about thin profit margins, it's about power and control.
Corporate and political leaders need their workforce to be poor and desperate, and this requires workers to not have any bargaining power.
The truth of our political values lies in the risks we refuse to take, and it is rising worker power, not continued poverty, that politicians deem unacceptable.
You fool. Unions destroy companies. Unions have destroyed the public schools
Unfortunately, many in your generation and about 50% of my generation (genx) vote for ultra-pro business politicians who are heavily in bed with these predatory corporations. What do you expect?
The unions are closer to the people than the billionaires and politicians. Go unions!
Unions have destroyed public schools.
Stop buying their coffee
Dear Bernie❤❤❤❤❤
Howard Schultz sounds like he could be Jordan Peterson’s older brother. Loony as hell but with coffee.
Jordan Peterson and Shultz have more brains than the entire democrat party
I don't go to Starbucks and never will now!
Why? Because you ignorantly believe the flat out lied of Bernie sanders? You fool
When this man's time has come and he has passed through the gates of eternity. Iet it forever be remembered the extent to which he fought selflessly, and relentlessy, every day of his life, to benefit, improve, and empower the lives of "we, the people."
Yes!!! I love watching people when they are expressing how passionate they are. Especially when it’s Bernie’s yelling at CEOs lol
Yep
Bernie has never accomplished anything in his life.
Sorry, Mitt, enterprises don't get to "pursue different courses" if their employees want to unionize. That's the law.
Watch Shultz sell the company. Then those coffee button pushers will see what it’s like to work at Home Depot, or Walmart. Cowards.
Bernie has been the ONLY ONE like you said Ana who has fought for higher wages. I haven't seen anyone else on both sides talk about that. He's the lone wolf in the fight and I'm with you dawg. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Gorilla Peace 🦍
Bernie’s policies do the opposite of what he says. Only very foolish people follow him.
In china under mao communist leader he to thought low skilled workers deserved more pay and the rich should be made non rich put that into law result millions starved now in china under a capitalistic society there are billionaires and low skilled workers make low wages result china has one of the fastest growing economies in the world communism always fails you cannot pay low skilled workers the same as skilled workers with collapsing your nation
Bernie is older than both Trump and Biden but is sharp as a tack and also an Independent and is NOT beholding to ANY corporations or multi nationals
Bernie the socialist is independent? Lol. You misinformed fool.
Home Depot does the same, why does Noone talk about them
Senator Bernie Sanders is just absolutely amazing. Love this man❤
No. You are just horribly misinformed.
Never trust greedy corporations.
NEVER
You mean the “greedy corp” that employs 400k people of their own free will? You liberal idiots
Unionizing is best for employee's don't trust the owner of Starbucks😮
Sure. Unions have done such a great job destroying public education- so let’s have the run cofffee. Fools
Rand Paul fawning over Starbucks invention of the expensive latte. Great.
Starbucks did not invent latte. Latte means milk the real name is called latte macchiato this was invented in Italy
@@johnscimeca899 I said expensive latte. 🤣
Sure. Let’s destroy American businesses- that will make a better society right?
You liberal fools
Like Moscow Mitch said: "Don't hate the player, hate the game."
where is moscow mitch on trumps indictment?
@@blanketyblank604 No idea.
If a company is ordered to follow rules and Laws by a judge and they don't after the fact the Pres. of that company should serve 1- year in a prison, 2-years for the 2nd offence and 5- years after that., with applicable fines and fees!
Give the companies over to collective democratic employee ownership. Then they won't need to unionize.
Starbucks has never been convicted of breaking any laws. Bernie is a liar
& who buys their crappy coffee America?
My mom's factory union got busted by their employer firing all union reps, and there were no repercussions. Everyone was too broke to sue.
Great job Bernie the super hero that keeps fighting for worker United
Oh my god. You fool
Lobbying is illegal in decent nations,we call it bribery .
Thats what it is, & very few of our public servants (ha!) are above the fray. Career politicians, old as dirt, hanging on to every bit of power & money. I hope they fear death for continually selling out the people for personal profit.
We have the crappy overpriced coffee in Canada. I've wasted lots of money in my life, but never spent a dime at Starbucks.
Don't think Howard would last an hour as a barista ... Can't have him getting coffee stains on his designer suit.
And a barista wouldn’t last 1 minute in Howard’s job. Imagine all the risk of the company falling on your shoulders. Baristas just have to focus on 1 order and many of them bitch about that being too hard. To be fair, many baristas are exceptional and deserve to be tipped well.
@@heels4lifx Oh, he has my deepest sympathy. It's rough being a plutocrat. What to do with all that money? The stress must be horrific. What should I have for dinner? Filet Mignon or escargot? Don't get me started on the champagne ...
@@robertberthaut5846 you just harp on how much money he has but fail to talk about what his job responsibilities are. So you’re saying you could easily do his job for the amount of money he makes?
@@heels4lifx I never said I could do Schultz's job nor would I want to. What I'm saying is that Howard can afford to pay his employees better. Additionally, he shouldn't interfere with their right to unionize. The man is a multimillionaire. By contrast, his workers are living hand to mouth. Moreover, the company, as you've pointed out, is quite successful. It can afford to treat its workers better. I'll bet you think plutocrat Jeff Bezos of Amazon is just another capitalist hero, and don't get me started on big phony Elon Musk.
He doesn’t have to. He employs 500,000 of them you fool. He created their job. They just push buttons.
Bernie Sanders is best when he’s pissed. It’s wonderful to witness 😊.
@ denise denise. 🌿🦋
You got that right, Denise!
"I wrote the damn bill!!". 😊
No. You’re just really misinformed
How do you say Starbucks is “donating” to your campaign without actually saying it?
Average barista pay and the minimum amount you are legally allowed to pay people in any given state doesnt sound like a legitimate comparison, mathematically speaking. Maybe I'm wrong but shouldn't we look at the lowest paid barista in the state and compare that, or the average pay of those working in the sector in that state? These psychopaths are so slimy
Simple fix, vote with your check book. Don't buy Starbucks coffee.
Or don’t work there if you hate it that much. Lol
@@ronaldreagan-ik6hzPeople sometimes don't have a lot of choice in where they have to work for a short period, but they should be paid a living wage when they do. I however am not a coffee drinker so I don't understand the addiction some have to Starbucks coffee. It is easy for me not to buy their products.
@@joanna49659 two things you said are typical liberal responses. I say liberal- because conservatives don’t agree with you at all - and we are correct.
It’s completely false that people don’t have a choice where they work. That’s a ridiculous statement.
It’s also false that people deserve a “living wage”. No problem one “deserves” anything. We all EARN what we are worth-based on INDIVIDUAL MERIT.
We don’t live in a mandated society. We live in a free society where you choose your skills, you choose where you work, you choose you effort and you consumption.
Liberals started this “living wage” crap a few years ago. It’s ridiculous.
If I work twice as hard or smart as you- and I earn more money- then I earned it. If you choose to acquire no skills, you put in little effort, the you earn a lower wage. You don’t “deserve “ anything.
@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz I have tried to reply to this three times and lost my text each time. It however is unlikely to resolve anything by doing so as I am unlikely to change someone who uses Ronald Reagan for a name online which I assume is because you agree with his policial views. I am indeed as you say a Liberal, and have voted for Bernie Sanders each time I have been able to do so. All this said I am too old and my eyes too weak to bother writing a long discourse on a post that is unlikely to change anyones views, So I can only say I am willing to agree to disagree on these points.
@@joanna49659 notice- I disputed what you said with ver dimple and concise facts.
You come back and bring up Reagan rather than try to debate anything I said was inaccurate.
Why? Because you know nothing I said was inaccurate.
I used to be a liberal until Obama. Then I started to get more involved. I started to listen to more news outlets - such as NPR and DEMOCRACY NOW.
The content of those shows, and the lies of Obama turned me away from liberals and toward common sense Republican values.
Look at the attack on oil, the border crisis, the inflation, the wars, the overblown climate lies, the lies about renewables, the pull out of Afghanistan, all the lies that are now coming out about Covid mandates that were based on pure lies, etc. etc.
Look at how worthless Kamala is, look at Biden’s words- “if you don’t vote for democrats- then you ain’t black” look at the rave baiting, lies of naziism, lied about white privilege, lies about men having babies, the destruction of women’s sports by trans men -- and all you can do is mention my screen name is Ronald Reagan?
Ma’am. The only way you can vote democrat today is by massively ignoring the truth and every ounce of common sense.
By the way. Bernie’s mantra is “billionaires shouldn’t exist”.
Do you agree with that? Howard Shultz was a very poor man early in his life. He worked his ass off. He employs millions of direct and supply chain people. - he created millions of jobs over 40 years. And you think Bernie is wise by saying Shultz “should exist?” That’s disgusting of Bernie- a worthless career politician that’s never created one job in his life.
Bernie says the rich don’t pay taxes. Really?
The truth is the top 1% of earners pay 40% of all federal taxes. The top 25% of earners pay 85% of all federal taxes.
Do Bernie 100% lies about this everyday- and people like you praise him? Sorry ma’am. But that is a reflection on you’re complete ignorance of the truth.
The victim narrative that’s sold by liberals is s cancer on our country. We live in a merit based system. Bernie’s ideas would take away all our freedoms. Bernie’s would rather make everyone poor than let one person get rich. It’s s disgusting narrative.
It's sad that Howard Shultz "came from nothing" but yet he has zero sympathy for the workers (just keeping their heads above water.) It's these employees who have generated his massive wealth through their labor. You'd think someone who grew up poor would have more respect for the average worker. Guess not.
Wrong. So wrong. Businesses are not charities.
Workers are responsible for their skills. Skills and effort determine wages.
@Ronald Reagan if that was the case, essential workers wouldn't constantly get screwed over. You think teachers are properly paid? Lol. Guess again. How about EMTs or Nurses? You have unfortunately bought into the corporate narrative, and don't see how companies are more concerned about pleasing shareholders than basic safety regulation and fair labor agreements. Just look at the railroad industry and how it's fought regulation to upgrade its breaks. You think Wall Street hedge fund managers really deserve their salary? America disagrees. You really think Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Howard Shultz are with 5000x the wage of their average employee? Keep dreaming. Unions are the only force that can balance out the greed of management. Look at wealth ownership before and after Ronald Reagan. I'll tell you what you'll see, an explosion of income inequality and an explosion of the national deficit. What's your prescription to combating inequality, tax cuts (which overwhelming benefit the rich)? Haha, yeah...
Now that he's in a position to fight CEOs and fight for working class people in several ways Bernie is being as aggressive as he can do without it becoming counterproductive. He has managed to get a lot accomplished now that he's in the best possible position for someone like him. Bernie is a very rare politician. Who else has spent decades in Congress without becoming corrupt and all these years working tirelessly for regular people? I can't think of anyone else.
Bernie is a lying fool
You go Bernie. This country needs more congressmen who support the average citizens
Ooof. Clearly- you are clueless
@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz stay asleep, little sheep
@@MigattenoBlakae you believe his words only- because his ideas and policies hurt the people he claims to care about
@@MigattenoBlakae sure. This administration - largely following Bernie’s ideas has proven just how destructive they are to the “average citizens”.
My god you stupid liberals
If he supported average citizens he would let the consumer decide if Starbucks is worthy of business or not.
The greatest economic time, was when Unions were the strongest and corporations paid the most in taxes. When a Union tried to come into our plant, I had to give my workers some papers; as other managers did... Why you want to join a Union, they just want your money! Anyways it's better to deal on a one to one bases. There were some that pushed the company whine, I just smirked at my guys and smh. Needless to say, the older married couples were afraid and the Union vote failed. That morning I got a call from the plant manager, "have your crew in the cafeteria for 9:00 a.m.", seems all the department managers were told; but not why? So at 9am, we're all there some 300 1st shift employees. So after the CEO's familiar words, the workers were told... "You Don't Like it Here, There's The Door."
That is horrible. The ugly truth is there are so many unemployed, that they would be hired, and never say anything. That is universal. It's a shame.
Unions almost destroyed general motors and have made USA uncompetive with the rest of the world resulting in large amounts of imports creating high trade deficits that is destroying our nation
Union greed almost put gm out of business for good pensions costs were more than there profits over 10 billion a year
Hope Bernie Sanders lives forever.
Dumbshit
I have been working in my union for over 40 years. Don't care if Buck's had the last cup of coffee on earth I wouldn't do business with them.
How delusional do you have to be to actually think you've earned a billion dollars and it was all your own?!
You sound like one of those white people that make $32,000 a year and get mad when billionaires get tax equally. You dumb cuck
He created the company. He built it. He owns it. He earned it.
You fool
Minimum wage should be a liveable wage! If they can't pay, they shouldn't ask for more work for less pay.
Perfect. All you liberals vote gif that living wage garbage - and watch robotics eliminate millions of jobs.
You liberal idiots that think you can federally force wages are misinformed fools.
How are you really this stupid?
Exactly.
If you don’t make enough money- look in the mirror.
Only lazy people with low ambition and skills look to the government to fix your life.
I am 50 years old and I have never seen a politician work as hard as senator Sanders for the people of this beautiful country. Name one other person in politics today that works this hard for the middle and lower class citizens. Go ahead I’ll wait.
Not once in his life has he created one job. He is “the swamp”
Thank you Ana!! Bernie has had both D and R against his agenda; calling him Socialist, Communist etc He is and has always been a voice for all working people. His moral compass has never wavered.
And these other politicians just can't stand it. The hell with what they think. He is fighting for everyone and should be supported as such.
No. You are just really misinformed
@@ronaldreagan-ik6hz no... you are just really misled
@@sanfordcohen4310 bernie has accomplished nothing despite being in government for decades.
Bernie flat out lies about the rich and taxes.
Bernie lies about Howard Shultz. Howard shultz’s efforts are what supports our country- not the lies of a worthless career politician like sanders.
You ignorant fool
Yeah! Feel the Bern! ❤
Puke. Only idiots follow Bernie
Former union member here, the union effective made me equal to a person earning 15 an hour. But kicker is I was getting paid 22 working for the local steel union in the warehouse job I had. So I support them very limitedly, as the union didn't protect my job, infact being there for 6 years I was in the first batch laid off no warning and no support afterwards. Have not looked to or wanted to join another union.
Never forget those who pick the coffee beans. They're the ones getting screwed the hardest.
Rand Paul continues to be an embarrassment to KY .
Rand's neighbor needs to have another talk with him.
Starbucks was once a hip bohemian espresso place like many others, but positioned down by pikes place where many coffee houses would have a hard time getting a biz property. They were bought and expanded with big money backing with an idea of franchising the ancient and traditionally lefty coffeehouse business in a time when espresso was exploding in popularity in the US. They had a big variety of bulk beans, live music, employee and customer education, and they treated their labor as well as many coffee co-ops. They tried to source beans ethically, like any hippy coffee house but also had rapid upscaling and corporate marketing. They expanded knowlege and demand about traditional italian espresso drinks in the US beyond the regular consumer.
As they expanded and became monstrouslyprofitable, they stopped making traditional espresso, stopped being a coffee house, forgot ethics and labor, and became the mcdonalds of espresso, serving candy coffee drinks with espresso inspired names. Ironically, they pushed real coffee houses like the original starbucks'es into the margins. They were an above average corp with above average coffee and practices once but theyre the opposite of that now and should wither and die.
Respect for overcharging consumers and making huge profit margins to pay lobbyists to protect and work for them. That’s called abuse of power!
I didn't mind over paying when they paid their employees well and had benefits, but that seems to have changed. They are no longer special anyway, they are like any other fast chain.
No. That hasn’t changed. Starbucks has a good reputation for compensation- Bernie sanders is just a lying piece of shit.
I hope Berny lives another 100 years
Gross
Your workers earned it for you Howard Schultz.
Wrong. Without Howard Schultz the workers wouldn’t have a job. Nice try fool
i remember when i taught rand paul would bring a little common sense to Washington
but it didn't take long to become just another sellout politician.
Nothing like democrats
Should've been president Sanders.
My god , you stupid people that follow lying Bernie
You can buy a cup of coffee anywhere.
Interested that the self described democracy has legalized bribery in the form of lobbying.
It explains why congress / senate votes against legislation that the vast majority of Americans want since it may inconvenience their corporate handlers
You have stop smoking that shit. Take a look at how many repugs are taking $ from Oil companies, Drug companies and the NRA. Wont even get into their anti crap.
@@reidsusan4 Why the insult?
Yep.
yep. "safety concerns" = legal concerns
"On average. . ." That means there are employees who make much lower wages.
Yes.
My sister worked at Starbucks for 5 years part time 24 hours a week and after paying $200 per week for family health benefits she took home no money . She worked for a little in a 401k, a little in stock options (think the volume was $6k at the end of the 5 years ) and healthcare. The free college is online and you have to pay and then get reimbursed after you pass the class. How can she afford a class when she made no money? Oh wait, she got a free bag of coffee at the end of the week.
Thank you for bringing attention to this!
You ungrateful people.
That's messed up
Starbucks are in Australia but they have closed the majority of their coffee outlets because of a number of reasons which are that their coffee was more expensive than other places and their coffee was too sweet for Aussie tastes and finally in Australia they have strong unions and a minimum wage which the Starbucks hierarchy hated
They are back and they are shit
Aussie tastes have been heavily influenced by Italian espresso culture. Starbucks never had a chance.
Personally thanks to Starbucks I have formed a very negative stereotype of "American coffee" by default despite knowing that speciality coffee is doing pretty well over there now.
But my instincts always take me back to Starbucks because that's the only type of American coffee I've ever experienced.
Actually the only american company who refused to setup shop in australia is Walmart, because we wouldn’t allow them to use us as their slaves lol
I did not know this but find it most believable. And yes "Starbucks" was initially a failure here in Aus. Even now while it has come back it is nowhere near the size of its first invasion. I am fortunate in that my local community has within a 10 minute walk 10 plus coffee shops and none of them of a major chain. In fact only one is of a chain.
Slaves? Voluntary workers aren’t slaves, you left wing fool
Starbucks needs to be shut down. Crap product run by a crap human being....but that's nothing new. People need to start learning to take pride in making their own coffee at home.
Perfect. Put millions of voluntary workers out of work? You f ing fool.
He wouldn’t have anything without the workers who chose to work for his company? 😅
Define "chose." Not like many of them have better options...hence why this is a problem.
You're correct. You're certainly not an expert.
Ana, I’m totally with you on admiring Bernie as the most consistently for-the-people politician . Genuine, hard working, with a moral compass that puts most Republican and Democratic legislators to shame.
There is not a dumber combination. - Bernie and TYT. - aaand Kamala.
I was PREVIOUSLY ‘anti-union’ because I ERRONEOUSLY BELIEVED that the previous labor union legislations were followed and were enough. However, my stance on unionization has changed - they ARE necessary TODAY because it is apparent that almost EVERY corporation is/has been using EVERY LEGAL LOOPHOLE to cheat their workers (as many politicians are doing to their constituents). So sad that our democracy has taken a backseat to capitalism. Btw, I used to live and work in Utah - 10 years ago - for $10/hr as a manager with a 4-yr degree and 3+ yrs experience in my field - with the knowledge that I could be fired for no cause while paying top dollar ($980) for rent. Fast-forward to today, rents have increased there 30-40% (conservatively) while this work ‘at-will state’ has a minimum wage of $7.25. I couldn’t make ends meet 10 yrs ago which is why I had to leave - can imagine the very real struggle for poor people there, now…so much for Mormon ‘values’. Don’t boycott businesses like Starbucks because it doesn’t help the workers trying to get treated fairly. Go unionization efforts! BERNIE-BACKER all the way:)
Our government is woefully neglecting employees. We have precious few rights and no one is fighting the fight except Bernie.
Unions have destroyed public education in America.
You can’t “cheat” voluntary workers you idiot. They can leave anytime to work elsewhere.
Bernie is the best!
i dont understand how someone with so much money WOULDNT want their companies workers to be happy and well paid. I guess ill never understand rich people, if i had a personal wealth over a billion dollars my focus would be on improving every aspect of my company so that not only people would enjoy working there but would maybe consider making it their career because it would be sustainable for the worker. yet he's still hyper focused on maximizing labor profit margins over partner morale.
If you look at some of the salaries of the top 7 people at starbucks - their total compensation including cash+equity was 54,396,212 which is insane considering that is for 7 people. you can argue about fair compensation for executives in the comments all day long but the fact is that even if you split this up evenly that is almost 8 million per each of the 7 people.......8 million dollars could change not only one person but an entire families life - maybe even multiple generations. these employees are not asking for 8 million for each of themselves, they are just asking for enough wages to be able to afford rent, education, vehicles and other basic necessities for having a normal life in America. They are asking for a little respect.
it all comes back to this: if your employees are unionizing thats a pretty good indicator that you aren't treating them right, and they are finally fed up with it
It's very simple.
It is about their priorities.
billionaires desire control over workers, and this requires poverty to exist.
They are willing to spend twice whatever money they would spend on benefits on union busting instead because they don't want workers having power.
The truth of our politics lies in the risks we refuse to accept, and it is rising worker power, not continuing poverty, that our political leaders refuse to allow.
Billionaires would no longer have workers they could exploit through bad wages.
And their goods and services would become more expensive and rarer.
90% of the worlds largest charitable foundations are from USA born billionaires.
Get an education before you repeat lies of democrats.
Of course you look at total compensation- rather than percentage of revenue.
That’s how democrats think. Find the information that fills the narrative in your brain- then stop thinking.
No. Liberal workforces often get so greedy that they destroy companies with unions. - look how unions have destroyed public education in America?
You fool
of course your argument is semantic and lacks substance, you could have attacked my argument for its substance rather than the way it was presented but i guess your party is more focused on the way things are presented rather than the substance. probably why you get all worked into a tizzy over M&Ms not being sexy anymore.
I stand with Bernie ! I was accepted into Local Union #400 IBEW, electricians in 1979 and it gave me opportunity for a much better way of life ! I 100% support Unions ! Union workers work hard, and get paid what their worth ! I also got an awesome education from on the job training and 4 years of school !
I met some of the smartest people I know ! So screw Starbucks ! I’m NOT accepting anything from Starbucks ! Even if it’s bought for me ! Unions also taught me to stand up for myself !
The solidarity in being a member made me feel secure for my future and the benefits are amazing ! 🇺🇸💙
Unions have destroyed the American public schools.
Unions destroyed the American auto industry.
Unions reward nurses for seniority over competence- disgusting.
Maybe companies aren’t people after all?
Maybe Biden is really a walking corpse.
How is anyone buying anything from $tarbucks at this point?!
The buyers doesnt care !!!
Because the coffee is good and consistent. Don’t like the CEO, go to MCdonalds or Dunkin . Oh wait … they have no unions either. I am a democrat but I am no a socialist. Unions bankrupted the airline industry and the automotive industry by forcing rediculous pay increases that the companies could not longer afford and then the business went bankrupt. Unions are like an infection that eventually kill the host they feed off and in the end lull themselves when they have drained the host until death.
18:22
How does anyone take you seriously? Lol
Mitt Romney: Corporations should be allowed to break the law if they feel it's in their best interests...
Look, the only reason that there is a minimum wage is. Because if there wasn’t, a vast portion of corporations would pay less.
Pay just enough so you can be a consumer
@11:59 What a god damn exaggeration... These execs are asked to take a minuscule pay cut to the hundreds of billions in income they make off of the backs of their employees who do all the hard work and labor to make the company's operations possible, so these employees can at least make a living wage to survive, and these execs are like "THEY'RE BURNIN' US AT THE STAKE!!! THEY'RE MAKIN' US LIVE IN COMPLETE DARKNESS!!!". No they're not. They're asking for reasonable treatment, considering how much they're asked to sacrifice at their jobs by these ungrateful execs.
Execs treat worker solidarity, not continued poverty, as intolerable.
Why do baristas feel entitled to the pay scale of engineers?
Greed
@Ronald Reagan Entry-level jobs are dead-end and give you skills.
Maybe if there wasn't sky-high inflation, wages wouldn't have to be increased so much.
@@scifirealism5943 Democrats have blown up inflation- then they claim to fix it with policies?
What lying fools
It is crucial to raise awareness that spending money on these companies indirectly supports the mistreatment of employees. Most people would not want to continue doing so if they knew about it, as most individuals do not wish to endorse unethical behaviour.
You liar.
Imagine this discussion in any other context.
Police stops a car: Sir, you were driving way above the speed limit, and I think you might have hit like 3 people.
Driver: My car is really nice, and I paid a lot for it.
Police 2: I really like your car, and I think you should be proud of driving it.
You fool
I really like Bernie Sanders and wish he would run for president. I like how he fights for the American public, unlike our current politicians.
Anna, the larger problem is unions no longer have any power, Ronald R. took care of that. Now no more than a dues collection club. 😢
Funny thing , Howard Schultz is not the founder of Starbucks. He did however buy it from the original founder.
Starbucks became what it is today because of Shultz
And I've never bought coffee from Starbucks and never will. Give me a coffee maker, coffee and hazelnut creamer and I'm good. 🤗 Gorilla Peace 🦍
there would not needed a union if treated fair he wants to make another billion
Nahhh. Workers are greedy too.
I'm a current employee and would love to talk about how Schultz's training videos talk about "horrible outside influences". The cut labor hours and the fact on top of being short staffed, we're supposed to push food to gain more hours"
If you don't have a seat at the table you're definitely gonna be on the menu. Teamsters Local 767
Unions have destroyed American public schools
If CEOs and corporations are so blatant in breaking laws then maybe they shouldn't be allowed to run any corporation in the US.
Exactly.
Look how quickly you believe the lies of idiots like sanders ? Gross
I hate when that say oh we’re giving you more a union would make it worst for you🙄 oh yeah you’re spending millions to stop it because you want to give us more
Unions are a cancer. The destroyed the USA automakers.
Unions make it impossible to fire bad cops, teachers, nurses, etc.
American public education is a complete failure because of unions.
You fool
Unions drive down productivity- you fool