which is just horrific. what we have got to do and i hope to do as chairman of the health education and labor committee is tell the people who run starbucks, tell the people who run amazon bezos and others, stop the illegal anti union activity. workers have the right to organize. let me follow up on that. there has been this incredible bout of union organizing, which i think the tight labor market has helped a little bit. it s given s workers some power, incredible organizing efforts. what are simple straightforward things that the government can do to and tipped the balance of the scales as unions do try to organize? one of the things we must do is pass what was called the pro-act which demands an end to illegal behavior on the part of corporations who drag workers in the back rooms to propagandized them against
what we have got to do and i hope to do as chairman of the health education and labor committee is tell the people who run starbucks, tell the people who run amazon bezos and others, stop the illegal anti union activity. workers have the right to organize. let me follow up on that. there has been this incredible bout of union organizing, which i think the tight labor market has helped a little bit. it s given s workers some power, incredible organizing efforts. what are simple straightforward things that the government can do to and tipped the balance of the scales as unions do try to organize? one of the things we must do is pass what was called the pro-act which demands an end to illegal behavior on the part of corporations who drag workers in the back rooms to propagandized them against workers stall out at starbucks
now to some vanilla chai latte news in an unprecedented vote starbucks employees at one store in new york just voted to unionize. the vote passed even though the company campaigned to convince employees they were better off without a union. vanilla chai latte news. it s important. let s get to cnn s business correspondent. what does this mean? you guys are making me thirsty. i have great questions. one thing is for sure. this is a watershed moment because until today no corporate run starbucks in the u.s. has ever been unionized. today in buffalo there is a location unionized. there were two other cafes in buffalo that had the same vote. one voted against yun you knowization and the unionization and the other is still in question. this is significant.
punished for this, and they know how to react in the context of a classroom debate ostensibly on race. there s only one acceptable opinion, and you re not allowed to offer other opinions. that doesn t further the conversation. one other point no. it doesn t help anybody. i can see why they try to shut you down, by the way, but i m glad that you came. thank you very much, peter. thank you, tucker. as we just told you, starbucks closed its retail stores this weekend in order to educate employees about racism. are starbucks employees racist because they re white? isn t that racism? aren t they supposed to be a coffee shop. a professor joins us now. thanks for coming on. we talk less about solutions, more in general terms. just to give you one example, if the person who run starbucks are upset about the racial climate in the country, fair to be upset
punished for this, and they know how to react in the context of a classroom debate ostensibly on race. there s only one acceptable opinion, and you re not allowed to offer other opinions. that doesn t further the conversation. one other point no. it doesn t help anybody. i can see why they try to shut you down, by the way, but i m glad that you came. thank you very much, peter. thank you, tucker. as we just told you, starbucks closed its retail stores this weekend in order to educate employees about racism. are starbucks employees racist because they re white? isn t that racism? aren t they supposed to be a coffee shop. a professor joins us now. thanks for coming on. we talk less about solutions, more in general terms. just to give you one example, if the person who run starbucks are upset about the racial climate in the country, fair to be upset