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Watch live: Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testifies on company’s unionizing efforts

FILE - Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks at the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. Schutz has declined a request to appear before a Senate committee seeking to question him about the coffee chain's response to an ongoing unionization campaign at the the company's U.S. stores. In a letter to the committee Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, Starbucks said Schultz will be transitioning out of his interim CEO role soon and another executive should testify instead. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Howard Schultz, who was the chairman of Starbucks until stepping down March 20, will testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions panel Wednesday morning. His testimony follows continued attempts by committee chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and court rulings that the coffeehouse chain has engaged in illegal anti-union practices, as well as a long list of complaints from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Ranking Republican committee member Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) has stated that he considers the allegations serious, but criticized the NLRB for what he sees as an unfair pro-labor bias.

The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET.

Watch the live video above.