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Nov. 19, 2019 Letter to Doug Parker, Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, Oscar Munoz, CEO of United Airlines, and Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines Inc. - Brown Presses Airlines to Require Catering Contracting Companies to Pay Workers Living Wages Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Janet Dhillon, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Senator Murray, 28 Democrats Oppose EEOC Decision to Stop Collecting Data Needed to Combat Wage Discrimination Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, United States Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita M. Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Patrick M. Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Rep. Pressley, Progressive Caucus colleagues lead letter urging back pay for federal contractors Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 28, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Dir. of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Durbin Demands CFPB Investigation Of Mismanagement Of Student Loan Forgiveness Program Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 15, 2019 CNN Democratic Primary Debate Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - 65 Members Sounds Alarm on Rollback of Protections Against Abusive Debt Collection Practices Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ned Sharpless, Acting Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Pingree Leads Bipartisan Letter to FDA Urging Legal Pathway for CBD Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 18, 2019 Letter to Acting Secretary Pizzella - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Opposes Labor Department Proposal to Allow Government Funded Discrimination Against LGBTQ People, Women, and More Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 16, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Labor - Senator Murray, Democrats Oppose Labor Department Proposal to Allow Government-Funded Discrimination Against LGBTQ People, Women, and More Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 8, 2019 Tweet - "We are going to make the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 6, 2019 Tweet - "Corporations should not be getting massive federal contracts if they pay their workers starvation wages. When I am president that ends." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 5, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker United States House of Representatives, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman House Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Raskin Leads 217 Members in Supporting Federal Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 27, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary, Department of Labor - U.S. Senator Tina Smith, Democratic Colleagues Fight for Nation's Registered Apprenticeship Program Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary of the Department of Labor - Harris, Feinstein, Colleagues Oppose Labor Department Proposal to Create Duplicative, Lower-Quality Unregistered Apprenticeships Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Adele Gagliardi, Admin. of the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Office of Policy Development and Research - Over 125 House Democrats to DOL: Changes to Apprenticeship System Violate the Law Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Keeping Brand USA helps recovery Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 9, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Durbin, Baldwin, Sanders, Warren, Blumenthal To FDA: Hold Avexis Accountable Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 31, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Urges VA Secretary to End Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Tactics Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 23, 2019 Letter to Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Van Hollen, Cardin Lead Full Democratic Caucus in Urging Social Security Administrator to Respect Employees and Their Unions Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2019 Tweet - "Amazon didn't pay anything in federal income taxes last year. Not a nickel! Meanwhile Jeff Bezos is worth over $160 billion and is spending his money on going to outer space while millions of our people struggle. That is what a rigged economy looks like." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2019 Tweet - "6 in 10 Americans support raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. @senatemajldr McConnell must listen to Americans and hold a vote on the Senate floor on a $15 minimum wage. Add your name to show him that the American people are with us:" Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2019 Tweet - "There's nothing "extreme" about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. What's extreme is paying workers starvation wages while CEO pay and corporate profits skyrocket. @senatemajldr stop blocking a raise for millions of Americans!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 16, 2019 Sanders and Omar Lead Group of Dozen Lawmakers Calling for Investigation of Amazon Workplace Abuse Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 16, 2019 Tweet - "No worker should be told they're lucky to get less than minimum wage. People with disabilities deserve jobs that pay a living wage. It's time to end the subminimum wage and guarantee truly integrated employment opportunities for people with disabilities." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 1, 2019 Brown, Senate Democrats Press OSHA, McDonald's Leadership to Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Warren, Colleagues Criticize DOL Proposal to Narrow Definition of "Joint-Employer" Under Fair Labor Standards Act Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2019 Van Hollen, Senate Colleagues Criticize Dol Proposal to Narrow Definition of "Joint-Employer" Under Fair Labor Standards Act Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2019 Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 12, 2019 Brown Bill Would Make Millions of Americans Newly Eligible for Overtime Pay Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 11, 2019 Kinzinger Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers to Introduce Energy Efficiency Legislation Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to Steve Easterbrook, Chief Executive Order of McDonald's Corporation - Duckworth, Blumenthal, Brown, Harris, Klobuchar, Sanders, Van Hollen & Warren Demand McDonald's Improve Sexual Harassment Policies at Locations Across the Country Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 7, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathy Kraninger, Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau - Merkley, Wyden Join Colleagues in Calling on Trump Administration to Protect Consumers from Abusive Debt Collection Tactics Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 28, 2019 Legislative Package Introduced to Encourage Employee-Owned Companies Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 19, 2019 NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 17, 2019 Letter to W. Douglas Parker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Airlines Group Inc - Blumenthal, Markey, Sanders, Booker & Baldwin Urge American Airlines to Provide Living Wages to Its 5,000 American Eagle Airport Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 3, 2019 Schakowsky Leads Letter to SSA Demanding the Abandonment of Anti-Union Policies Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 3, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Simons, Chairman of Federal Trade Commission - Investigation into Tax Preparation Companies Manipulating Free File Program Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 26, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, EPA Administrator - Senators to EPA: Change Course and Extend Methylene Chloride Protections to Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hon. Alexandra Dunn, Acting Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention with the Environmental Protection Agency - Van Hollen, Senators to EPA: Change Course and Extend Methylene Chloride Protections to Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 22, 2019 Welch Unveils Legislation to Protect Local Pharmacies from Anti-Competitive Practices Sen. Peter Welch
April 17, 2019 Letter to Sen. Roy Blunt, Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Van Hollen, Senators Call on Subcommittee Chairman to Secure Funding for Job Training for Older Americans Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 7, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Enzi, Barrasso sign letter urging administration to increase the number of H-2B workers Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 6, 2019 Sanders Statement on Passage of $15 Minimum Wage in House Committee Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 4, 2019 Sanders Statement on Walmart Paid Leave Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 3, 2019 The New York Times - Limit Corporate Stock Buybacks Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 28, 2019 Letter to Margaret Weichert, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management - Wyden, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Administration to Pay Federal Workers Affected by the Shutdown Immediately Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 16, 2019 Top Democrats Introduce Bill Gradually Raising Minimum Wage to $15 by 2024 Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 15, 2019 On House Floor, Welch Calls for End to Shutdown; Shares Vermonters' Stories Sen. Peter Welch
Jan. 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Russell Vought, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget - On First Day Employees are Missing Paychecks, Udall & Heinrich Fight to Protect Federal Workers and Contractors Stiffed Out of Pay Due to Trump Shutdown Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 23, 2018 USA Today - America's Wealthiest Family Owns Walmart. They Can Afford to Pay Workers $15 an Hour. Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Date Title Politician
Nov. 19, 2019 Letter to Doug Parker, Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, Oscar Munoz, CEO of United Airlines, and Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines Inc. - Brown Presses Airlines to Require Catering Contracting Companies to Pay Workers Living Wages Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Janet Dhillon, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Senator Murray, 28 Democrats Oppose EEOC Decision to Stop Collecting Data Needed to Combat Wage Discrimination Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, United States Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita M. Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Patrick M. Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Rep. Pressley, Progressive Caucus colleagues lead letter urging back pay for federal contractors Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 28, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Dir. of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Durbin Demands CFPB Investigation Of Mismanagement Of Student Loan Forgiveness Program Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 15, 2019 CNN Democratic Primary Debate Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - 65 Members Sounds Alarm on Rollback of Protections Against Abusive Debt Collection Practices Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ned Sharpless, Acting Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Pingree Leads Bipartisan Letter to FDA Urging Legal Pathway for CBD Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 18, 2019 Letter to Acting Secretary Pizzella - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Opposes Labor Department Proposal to Allow Government Funded Discrimination Against LGBTQ People, Women, and More Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 16, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Labor - Senator Murray, Democrats Oppose Labor Department Proposal to Allow Government-Funded Discrimination Against LGBTQ People, Women, and More Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 8, 2019 Tweet - "We are going to make the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 6, 2019 Tweet - "Corporations should not be getting massive federal contracts if they pay their workers starvation wages. When I am president that ends." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 5, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker United States House of Representatives, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman House Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Raskin Leads 217 Members in Supporting Federal Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 27, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary, Department of Labor - U.S. Senator Tina Smith, Democratic Colleagues Fight for Nation's Registered Apprenticeship Program Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary of the Department of Labor - Harris, Feinstein, Colleagues Oppose Labor Department Proposal to Create Duplicative, Lower-Quality Unregistered Apprenticeships Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Adele Gagliardi, Admin. of the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Office of Policy Development and Research - Over 125 House Democrats to DOL: Changes to Apprenticeship System Violate the Law Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Keeping Brand USA helps recovery Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 9, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Durbin, Baldwin, Sanders, Warren, Blumenthal To FDA: Hold Avexis Accountable Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 31, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Urges VA Secretary to End Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Tactics Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 23, 2019 Letter to Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Van Hollen, Cardin Lead Full Democratic Caucus in Urging Social Security Administrator to Respect Employees and Their Unions Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2019 Tweet - "Amazon didn't pay anything in federal income taxes last year. Not a nickel! Meanwhile Jeff Bezos is worth over $160 billion and is spending his money on going to outer space while millions of our people struggle. That is what a rigged economy looks like." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2019 Tweet - "6 in 10 Americans support raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. @senatemajldr McConnell must listen to Americans and hold a vote on the Senate floor on a $15 minimum wage. Add your name to show him that the American people are with us:" Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2019 Tweet - "There's nothing "extreme" about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. What's extreme is paying workers starvation wages while CEO pay and corporate profits skyrocket. @senatemajldr stop blocking a raise for millions of Americans!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 16, 2019 Sanders and Omar Lead Group of Dozen Lawmakers Calling for Investigation of Amazon Workplace Abuse Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 16, 2019 Tweet - "No worker should be told they're lucky to get less than minimum wage. People with disabilities deserve jobs that pay a living wage. It's time to end the subminimum wage and guarantee truly integrated employment opportunities for people with disabilities." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 1, 2019 Brown, Senate Democrats Press OSHA, McDonald's Leadership to Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Warren, Colleagues Criticize DOL Proposal to Narrow Definition of "Joint-Employer" Under Fair Labor Standards Act Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2019 Van Hollen, Senate Colleagues Criticize Dol Proposal to Narrow Definition of "Joint-Employer" Under Fair Labor Standards Act Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2019 Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 12, 2019 Brown Bill Would Make Millions of Americans Newly Eligible for Overtime Pay Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 11, 2019 Kinzinger Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers to Introduce Energy Efficiency Legislation Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 11, 2019 Letter to Steve Easterbrook, Chief Executive Order of McDonald's Corporation - Duckworth, Blumenthal, Brown, Harris, Klobuchar, Sanders, Van Hollen & Warren Demand McDonald's Improve Sexual Harassment Policies at Locations Across the Country Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 7, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathy Kraninger, Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau - Merkley, Wyden Join Colleagues in Calling on Trump Administration to Protect Consumers from Abusive Debt Collection Tactics Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 28, 2019 Legislative Package Introduced to Encourage Employee-Owned Companies Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 19, 2019 NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 17, 2019 Letter to W. Douglas Parker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Airlines Group Inc - Blumenthal, Markey, Sanders, Booker & Baldwin Urge American Airlines to Provide Living Wages to Its 5,000 American Eagle Airport Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 3, 2019 Schakowsky Leads Letter to SSA Demanding the Abandonment of Anti-Union Policies Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 3, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Simons, Chairman of Federal Trade Commission - Investigation into Tax Preparation Companies Manipulating Free File Program Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 26, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, EPA Administrator - Senators to EPA: Change Course and Extend Methylene Chloride Protections to Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hon. Alexandra Dunn, Acting Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention with the Environmental Protection Agency - Van Hollen, Senators to EPA: Change Course and Extend Methylene Chloride Protections to Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 22, 2019 Welch Unveils Legislation to Protect Local Pharmacies from Anti-Competitive Practices Sen.Peter Welch
April 17, 2019 Letter to Sen. Roy Blunt, Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Van Hollen, Senators Call on Subcommittee Chairman to Secure Funding for Job Training for Older Americans Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 7, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Enzi, Barrasso sign letter urging administration to increase the number of H-2B workers Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 6, 2019 Sanders Statement on Passage of $15 Minimum Wage in House Committee Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 4, 2019 Sanders Statement on Walmart Paid Leave Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 3, 2019 The New York Times - Limit Corporate Stock Buybacks Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 28, 2019 Letter to Margaret Weichert, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management - Wyden, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Administration to Pay Federal Workers Affected by the Shutdown Immediately Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 16, 2019 Top Democrats Introduce Bill Gradually Raising Minimum Wage to $15 by 2024 Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 15, 2019 On House Floor, Welch Calls for End to Shutdown; Shares Vermonters' Stories Sen.Peter Welch
Jan. 10, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Russell Vought, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget - On First Day Employees are Missing Paychecks, Udall & Heinrich Fight to Protect Federal Workers and Contractors Stiffed Out of Pay Due to Trump Shutdown Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 23, 2018 USA Today - America's Wealthiest Family Owns Walmart. They Can Afford to Pay Workers $15 an Hour. Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
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