Starbucks Fires Union Leader Following Congressional Hearing.

Starbucks fired union organizer Lexi Rizzo, who led a successful unionization vote at a Buffalo store, only two days after former CEO Howard Schultz denied the company was "union-busting" at a Senate committee hearing. Rizzo, who had worked for the company for seven years, was allegedly fired for repeatedly being late to work. The union, Starbucks Workers United, called the firing "retaliation at its worst." Schultz was confronted by Democratic Senators over 130 labor law violations committed by Starbucks since the union campaign began.