in our Spotlight on Business Report tonight U.S senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker are urging Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to stop delaying the negotiations with four unionized New Jersey Starbucks stores the store is located in Hopewell Township Hamilton Summit and Montclair have been waiting between six and ten months to form a first collective bargaining agreement as required by the National Labor Relations Act the senator sent a letter to Schultz pointing out employees demands of Common Sense requests such as better training health and safety improvements benefits for part-time work and raises for increased workloads this comes in the wake of Starbucks facing similar complaints to delayed bargaining in 21 locations in the Pacific Northwest [Music] thank you