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Bernie Sanders' Public Statements on Issue: Labor Unions

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11/14/2023 Chairman Sanders Leads HELP Committee Hearing on Labor Movement Resurgence and the Fight Against Corporate Greed
11/08/2023 NEWS: Sanders Stands with UVM Graduate Student Workers Moving to Unionize
10/18/2023 NEWS: Sanders, Brown, and 32 Colleagues Introduce Senate Resolution in Solidarity with UAW Workers on Strike
10/18/2023 NEWS: Sanders, Brown, and 32 Colleagues Introduce Senate Resolution in Solidarity with UAW Workers on Strike
10/17/2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on the Field Hearing on the Nursing Crisis in New Jersey and Throughout the Country
09/25/2023 Bernie Sanders tweets about WGA Strikes
09/17/2023 Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
09/12/2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Corporate Media Coverage of Pending UAW Strike
08/27/2023 State of the Union: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
08/22/2023 NEWS: Sanders Stands in Solidarity with Nearly 2,000 Nurses on Strike at One of New Jersey's Biggest Hospitals
02/08/2023 Letter Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers
02/07/2023 Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks - NEWS: Chairman Sanders and All Democratic Members of HELP Committee Invite Starbucks CEO to Testify at Hearing on Company's Labor Practices
11/01/2022 Tweet - "I stand in solidarity with @CCWUnited workers striking at Maximus call centers today. If Maximus can afford to pay its CEO 208 times his median worker and spend $2 million on "bonuses" to cross the picket line, it can afford to pay workers a fair wage."
10/14/2022 Tweet - "Let me congratulate the Apple Store workers in Oklahoma City for voting to become the 2nd unionized Apple Store in the US. Last year, Apple made a record $95 billion profit. Its billionaire CEO made $99 million in 2021. It's time for Apple to treat its workers with respect."
10/12/2022 Tweet - "I stand in solidarity with Teamsters Local 320 at the University of Minnesota in the fight for better wages & working conditions. If UMN can afford to pay its president over $1 million and give her a 22% raise, it can afford to pay its workers a minimum wage of $20 an hour."
09/15/2022 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Tentative Rail Agreement
09/09/2022 Tweet - "It's no accident that 71% of Americans have a favorable view of unions the highest since 1965, while just 36% hold a favorable view of corporations the lowest since Wall Street crashed the economy in 2008. The American people are sick and tired of corporate greed."
09/06/2022 Tweet - "Congrats to Minor League baseball players for a huge and swift show of support for forming a union. The MLB and Commissioner Manfred should voluntarily recognize the union immediately and bargain in good faith."
08/25/2022 Tweet - "If Howard Schultz, the Starbucks CEO, who is worth $4 billion can afford a $145 million, 254-foot super yacht with a helicopter pad, you know what? He can afford to negotiate a fair first contract with Starbucks workers who voted to form a union in over 230 locations in America."
07/14/2022 Tweet - "Let me congratulate the Starbucks workers in South Burlington for successfully voting to form the first unionized Starbucks in Vermont. In just 8 months, workers in over 160 Starbucks shops have voted to form a union for better wages, benefits & working conditions. Keep it up!"
07/12/2022 Tweet - "On #PrimeDay, let's not forget. Amazon blamed "inflation" on a 17% price hike in a Prime membership after its profits soared 450% since the pandemic to a record $38 billion while avoiding $5 billion in taxes, spending $4 million on union busting & denying workers paid sick leave."
06/10/2022 Letter to Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. - NEWS: Sanders and Gillibrand Call on Amazon to Recognize Historic Union Victory and Drop Objections Ahead of Critical NLRB Hearing
06/09/2022 Letter to Scott W. Wine, CEO of CNH Industrial - NEWS: Sanders and Baldwin Lead Letter in Support of Striking CNH Industrial Workers in Wisconsin and Iowa
05/27/2022 Tweet - "Congratulations to Starbucks Workers United for winning the 100th union election at Starbucks coffee shops all over America. I say to Howard Schultz: Stop the union busting. Obey the law. Negotiate a fair contract with your workers now -- no more delays. Enough is enough."
05/23/2022 Tweet - "No government -- not the federal government, not the state government and not the city government -- should be handing out corporate welfare to union busters and labor law violators."
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