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June 1, 2022 Pressley, Markey, Warren, Colleagues Demand App-Based Delivery Companies Prioritize Driver Safety Following Worker Deaths Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 19, 2022 Letter to Joe Bae, Co-CEO of KKR & Co. Inc. - Murray, Warren, Wyden, Sanders Blast Private Equity Giant KKR for Grossly Substandard Care and Unsafe Living Conditions in Group Homes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 4, 2022 Letter to J. Blanton, Architect of the Capitol, Gary Green, CEO of Compass Group, Joe Sargis, CFO of Restaurant Associates - Padilla Joins Efforts to Support Senate Cafeteria Workers and Ensure Contract Leads to Collective Bargaining Agreement Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 24, 2022 Tweet - "At a time when many workers feel like cogs in a machine, Vermonters should be proud that at places like Switchback Brewing Company our state is helping to lead the country toward alternatives to corporate ownership." Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 21, 2022 Letter to Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Murray, Colleagues, Urge Investigation of Training Repayment Agreements Saddling Workers With Debt Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 15, 2022 Letter to Alfred Kelly, Chair and CEO of Visa, Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard - Sen. Marshall Urges Visa and Mastercard to Call Off Planned Swipe Fee Increases On Vulnerable American Families and Businesses Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 7, 2022 NEWS: Rep. Jamaal Bowman Introduces The Ending Corporate Greed Act alongside Senator Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 4, 2022 Tweet - "If you think that the recent union victories at Amazon and Starbucks are an aberration, you would be sorely mistaken. I'm on the Senate floor to talk about how workers are standing together and fighting back all over the country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 25, 2022 Sanders Introduces Legislation to Reinstate the WWII Windfall Profit Tax to Combat Rising Inequality, Inflation, and Corporate Profiteering Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon increasing its profits by 75% last year to a record $35 billion, denying workers a $3 raise, illegally underpaying drivers and blaming a $20 price hike in a Prime membership on "inflation" while Jeff Bezos became $81 billion richer during the pandemic." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 17, 2022 Tweet - "Wendy's increased its net income by 70%, pays its CEO 532X more than its median worker & is spending $100 million on stock buybacks. Now it's blaming the rising price of a Frosty on inflation? No. The problem isn't the Wendy's worker who got a 50 cent raise. It's corporate greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 16, 2022 Tweet - "If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what? Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise. I stand in strong solidarity with the Amazon workers walkout." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives - Reed Discusses Replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Tweet - "I'm delighted to see an agreement reached so that the MLB season can start. But we must prevent the greed of baseball's oligarchs from destroying the game. The best way to do that is to end MLB's antitrust exemption and I will be introducing legislation to do just that." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 9, 2022 Tweet - "This is oligarchy. This is greed. This is callousness. Last year, over 2 million people worldwide died of hunger. At the same time, the world's 2,755 billionaires saw their wealth go up by $5 trillion -- from $8.6 trillion to $13.8 trillion. This is why we need a tax on wealth." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 25, 2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Senators Urge FERC to Stop Utility Companies from Making Captive Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Polluter Lobbying Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 16, 2022 Letter to Hon. Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division U.S. Department of Justice - REP. MONDAIRE JONES AND SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN LEAD COLLEAGUES IN SLAMMING PROPOSED SANDERSON-WAYNE POULTRY MERGER AND CALL ON DOJ TO TAKE ACTION AS AMERICANS FACE SOARING POULTRY PRICES Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 12, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Kroger giving its CEO a 296% pay raise over the past decade, increasing profits by 23.5% in 2021, seeing its stock price jump 36% in the past year and spending $1.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends, while 44% of Kroger workers can't afford rent." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Kaine Joins Senate Colleagues in Push to Reinstate COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 8, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Following The 29th Anniversary Of FMLA, Gillibrand Leads Senate Colleagues In Push To Reinstate Covid-19 Emergency Paid Sick And Family Leave Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 2, 2022 Tweet - "Call me a radical, but I happen to believe that a job should lift workers out of poverty -- not keep them in it." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 26, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Lofgren, Panetta, Costa & Bipartisan Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Take Further Action to Ease Supply Chain Problems, Allow American Farmers to Fairly Compete Globally Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 24, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Costa calls on Biden to take further action on supply chain crisis Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 14, 2022 Sanders and Colleagues Demand Major Wall Street Firm Back Striking Alabama Miners Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Brown, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Continue and Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency COVID-19 Protections for Health Care Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Date Title Politician
June 1, 2022 Pressley, Markey, Warren, Colleagues Demand App-Based Delivery Companies Prioritize Driver Safety Following Worker Deaths Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 19, 2022 Letter to Joe Bae, Co-CEO of KKR & Co. Inc. - Murray, Warren, Wyden, Sanders Blast Private Equity Giant KKR for Grossly Substandard Care and Unsafe Living Conditions in Group Homes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 4, 2022 Letter to J. Blanton, Architect of the Capitol, Gary Green, CEO of Compass Group, Joe Sargis, CFO of Restaurant Associates - Padilla Joins Efforts to Support Senate Cafeteria Workers and Ensure Contract Leads to Collective Bargaining Agreement Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 24, 2022 Tweet - "At a time when many workers feel like cogs in a machine, Vermonters should be proud that at places like Switchback Brewing Company our state is helping to lead the country toward alternatives to corporate ownership." Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 21, 2022 Letter to Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Murray, Colleagues, Urge Investigation of Training Repayment Agreements Saddling Workers With Debt Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 15, 2022 Letter to Alfred Kelly, Chair and CEO of Visa, Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard - Sen. Marshall Urges Visa and Mastercard to Call Off Planned Swipe Fee Increases On Vulnerable American Families and Businesses Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 7, 2022 NEWS: Rep. Jamaal Bowman Introduces The Ending Corporate Greed Act alongside Senator Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 4, 2022 Tweet - "If you think that the recent union victories at Amazon and Starbucks are an aberration, you would be sorely mistaken. I'm on the Senate floor to talk about how workers are standing together and fighting back all over the country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 25, 2022 Sanders Introduces Legislation to Reinstate the WWII Windfall Profit Tax to Combat Rising Inequality, Inflation, and Corporate Profiteering Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon increasing its profits by 75% last year to a record $35 billion, denying workers a $3 raise, illegally underpaying drivers and blaming a $20 price hike in a Prime membership on "inflation" while Jeff Bezos became $81 billion richer during the pandemic." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 17, 2022 Tweet - "Wendy's increased its net income by 70%, pays its CEO 532X more than its median worker & is spending $100 million on stock buybacks. Now it's blaming the rising price of a Frosty on inflation? No. The problem isn't the Wendy's worker who got a 50 cent raise. It's corporate greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 16, 2022 Tweet - "If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what? Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise. I stand in strong solidarity with the Amazon workers walkout." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives - Reed Discusses Replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Tweet - "I'm delighted to see an agreement reached so that the MLB season can start. But we must prevent the greed of baseball's oligarchs from destroying the game. The best way to do that is to end MLB's antitrust exemption and I will be introducing legislation to do just that." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 9, 2022 Tweet - "This is oligarchy. This is greed. This is callousness. Last year, over 2 million people worldwide died of hunger. At the same time, the world's 2,755 billionaires saw their wealth go up by $5 trillion -- from $8.6 trillion to $13.8 trillion. This is why we need a tax on wealth." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 25, 2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Senators Urge FERC to Stop Utility Companies from Making Captive Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Polluter Lobbying Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 16, 2022 Letter to Hon. Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division U.S. Department of Justice - REP. MONDAIRE JONES AND SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN LEAD COLLEAGUES IN SLAMMING PROPOSED SANDERSON-WAYNE POULTRY MERGER AND CALL ON DOJ TO TAKE ACTION AS AMERICANS FACE SOARING POULTRY PRICES Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 12, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Kroger giving its CEO a 296% pay raise over the past decade, increasing profits by 23.5% in 2021, seeing its stock price jump 36% in the past year and spending $1.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends, while 44% of Kroger workers can't afford rent." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Kaine Joins Senate Colleagues in Push to Reinstate COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 8, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Following The 29th Anniversary Of FMLA, Gillibrand Leads Senate Colleagues In Push To Reinstate Covid-19 Emergency Paid Sick And Family Leave Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 2, 2022 Tweet - "Call me a radical, but I happen to believe that a job should lift workers out of poverty -- not keep them in it." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 26, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Lofgren, Panetta, Costa & Bipartisan Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Take Further Action to Ease Supply Chain Problems, Allow American Farmers to Fairly Compete Globally Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 24, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Costa calls on Biden to take further action on supply chain crisis Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 14, 2022 Sanders and Colleagues Demand Major Wall Street Firm Back Striking Alabama Miners Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Brown, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Continue and Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency COVID-19 Protections for Health Care Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
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