By Waylon Cunningham

–Twenty-six U.S. senators and 82 House representatives have written to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, urging the company to resume talks with its workers union, the lawmakers said on Monday.

“We have heard of a troubling return to union busting,” states the letter from the group of senators led by Senator Bernie Sanders, which was seen by Reuters. It said Starbucks must “bargain a fair contract in good faith with these employees.”

House representatives, led by the House Labor Caucus and Representative Pramila Jayapal, penned a similar letter sent on Monday. No Republicans signed either letter.

SIDES BLAME EACH OTHER

Talks between Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United, which represents roughly 9,500 workers, began in April last year but have since stalled. Both sides

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