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Oct. 24, 2024
NEWS: Sanders, Peters, Durbin, Stabenow, Duckworth, and 18 Fellow Senators Demand Stellantis Keep Its Promises to Autoworkers
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 14, 2023
Chairman Sanders Leads HELP Committee Hearing on Labor Movement Resurgence and the Fight Against Corporate Greed
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 30, 2023
NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Pandemic Assistance Helped Reduce Credit Card Debt for America's Working Class for First Time in Over a Decade
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 26, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Asks Hospital Executives to Reconsider Decision Not to Testify at Senate HELP Committee Field Hearing in New Jersey on America's Nursing Crisis
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 12, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: As Nurses Strike for Safer Working Conditions at Hospitals, Sanders to Hold Senate HELP Committee Field Hearing in New Jersey on America's Nursing Crisis
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 5, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Sends Letter to Federal Call Center Contractor on Worker Demands for Better Pay
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 19, 2023
Senator Warren, Rep. Balint, and Lawmakers Urge FTC and DOJ to Finalize Merger Guidelines, Strengthen Antitrust Enforcement to Protect Consumers
Rep. Becca Balint
Sept. 17, 2023
Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 15, 2023
Baldwin, Sanders, Wyden Lead Colleagues Pushing Biden Administration to Continue Strengthening Protections Against "Junk" Insurance Plans
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 22, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Stands in Solidarity with Nearly 2,000 Nurses on Strike at One of New Jersey's Biggest Hospitals
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 25, 2023
NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 29 Democratic Senators, Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage to $17 by 2028, Benefitting Nearly 28 Million Workers Across America
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2023
NEWS: In Letter to Teamsters, 28 Senate Democrats Commit to Not Intervene in Case of UPS Workers Strike
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 20, 2023
NEWS: Chairman Sanders Opens Sweeping Investigation into Amazon Warehouse Safety and Calls for Amazon Workers to Share Their Stories
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 30, 2023
NEWS: Ahead of HELP Hearing, Sanders and Murray Release Report on Worsening Child Care Crisis, Imminent Funding Cliff
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 17, 2023
NEWS: Sanders, DeLauro, 122 Colleagues in the House and Senate Introduce Legislation that Would Finally Guarantee Paid Sick Leave to Workers in America
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 1, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Make Announcement on Federal Minimum Wage
Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 13, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, NDWA, SEIU to Hold Town Hall on the Child and Home Care Worker Crisis in America
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 29, 2023
PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Questions Howard Schultz in HELP Committee Hearing and Calls on Starbucks to End the Illegal Union Busting
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Starbucks CEO Refusal to Testify
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2023
NEWS: Moderna CEO Agrees to Testify in Senate HELP Committee
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Starbucks CEO Refusal to Testify
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 8, 2023
Letter to Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 8, 2023
Letter Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 7, 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
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 5, 2023
Letter to Michelle Korsmo, President and CEO of the National Restaurant Association - Senators Warren, Sanders, Murray Push National Restaurant Association for Answers Following Bombshell Report of Misuse of Food Safety Training Funds
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 1, 2023
Letter to Charles Barber, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, National Science Foundation - Senators Baldwin, Feinstein Call on National Science Foundation to Better Assess LGBTQI+ Representation in STEM
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 24, 2023
Letter to Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna - Senators Warren, Welch Raise Concerns over Moderna's Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Price Hike
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 18, 2023
NEWS: In New Letter, Sanders Calls on CEO Howard Schultz to End Starbucks' "Ruthless Union Busting Campaign" Against Own Workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 14, 2022
Letter to Bernard de Saint-Affrique, CEO of Danone, Shane Grant, CEO of Danone North America - Welch, Pingree, Kuster, and Golden Urge Danone to Fulfill Commitment to Northeast Organic Dairy Farms
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 4, 2022
Durbin, Welch Statement On Federal Reserve's New Rule To Ensure Debit Card Competition
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 4, 2022
Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, Mellody Hobson, Chair of the Starbucks Board of Directors - Markey, Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal Blast Starbucks for Brazen, Illegal Union-busting Campaign
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 19, 2022
Letter to Jor-El Godsey, President of Heartbeat International - Markey Joins Warren, Colleagues in Demanding Answers From Heartbeat International About the Collection -- and Potential Disclosure -- of Reproductive Health Information
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 19, 2022
Reps. Welch and Gooden Introduce Bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 4, 2022
Tweet - "What recent union victories show is that working class Americans are sick and tired of being exploited by large corporations. This Labor Day, let us stand together in the fight for justice."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 2, 2022
Letter to Jeffrey Schwartz, Managing Partner and CEO of Corbel Capital Partners - NEWS: Sanders, Colleagues Call on Corbel CEO Jeffrey Schwartz to Provide Severance Pay for Laid-Off LandAir Workers
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 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."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 10, 2022
Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 6, 2022
Tweet - "The country's biggest railroad companies made over $20 billion in profits last year, while rail workers haven't seen a wage increase since 2019 and are currently without a contract. These workers deserve a fair contract and they deserve it NOW."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 22, 2022
Tweet - "A worker today would need to make nearly 3 times the minimum wage in order to afford an average one-bedroom apartment. That makes no sense to me, nor do I think it makes sense to the American people."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 21, 2022
Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022
Tweet - "A worker today earning the federal minimum wage makes $1,257 a month. The median rent for an apartment today is $1,362 a month. Addressing the needs of the American people is not radical. What's radical is doing nothing while families struggle."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2022
Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022
NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022
Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 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."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 10, 2022
Tweet - "Cherry Garcia. Phish Food. Chunky Monkey. Super Fudge Chunk. Ben & Jerry not only revolutionized the world of ice cream, but they also showed the world what a progressive and community-minded business could look like."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 8, 2022
Tweet - "Average hourly wages for American workers have remained nearly flat since 1960, while home prices have almost TRIPLED over the same time period. It's no wonder that nearly half of all Americans today spend at least 30% of their income on housing. Obscene."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 6, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 18, 2022
Tweet - "Last year, 3 of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in America -- Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AbbVie -- increased their profits by 90 percent to $54 billion -- while half of the new brand name drugs now cost over $180,000. Obscene."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Politician
Oct. 24, 2024
NEWS: Sanders, Peters, Durbin, Stabenow, Duckworth, and 18 Fellow Senators Demand Stellantis Keep Its Promises to Autoworkers
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 14, 2023
Chairman Sanders Leads HELP Committee Hearing on Labor Movement Resurgence and the Fight Against Corporate Greed
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 30, 2023
NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Pandemic Assistance Helped Reduce Credit Card Debt for America's Working Class for First Time in Over a Decade
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 26, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Asks Hospital Executives to Reconsider Decision Not to Testify at Senate HELP Committee Field Hearing in New Jersey on America's Nursing Crisis
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 12, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: As Nurses Strike for Safer Working Conditions at Hospitals, Sanders to Hold Senate HELP Committee Field Hearing in New Jersey on America's Nursing Crisis
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 5, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Sends Letter to Federal Call Center Contractor on Worker Demands for Better Pay
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 19, 2023
Senator Warren, Rep. Balint, and Lawmakers Urge FTC and DOJ to Finalize Merger Guidelines, Strengthen Antitrust Enforcement to Protect Consumers
Rep.Becca Balint
Sept. 17, 2023
Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 15, 2023
Baldwin, Sanders, Wyden Lead Colleagues Pushing Biden Administration to Continue Strengthening Protections Against "Junk" Insurance Plans
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 22, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Stands in Solidarity with Nearly 2,000 Nurses on Strike at One of New Jersey's Biggest Hospitals
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 25, 2023
NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 29 Democratic Senators, Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage to $17 by 2028, Benefitting Nearly 28 Million Workers Across America
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2023
NEWS: In Letter to Teamsters, 28 Senate Democrats Commit to Not Intervene in Case of UPS Workers Strike
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 20, 2023
NEWS: Chairman Sanders Opens Sweeping Investigation into Amazon Warehouse Safety and Calls for Amazon Workers to Share Their Stories
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 30, 2023
NEWS: Ahead of HELP Hearing, Sanders and Murray Release Report on Worsening Child Care Crisis, Imminent Funding Cliff
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 17, 2023
NEWS: Sanders, DeLauro, 122 Colleagues in the House and Senate Introduce Legislation that Would Finally Guarantee Paid Sick Leave to Workers in America
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 1, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Make Announcement on Federal Minimum Wage
Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 13, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, NDWA, SEIU to Hold Town Hall on the Child and Home Care Worker Crisis in America
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 29, 2023
PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Questions Howard Schultz in HELP Committee Hearing and Calls on Starbucks to End the Illegal Union Busting
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Starbucks CEO Refusal to Testify
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2023
NEWS: Moderna CEO Agrees to Testify in Senate HELP Committee
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Starbucks CEO Refusal to Testify
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 8, 2023
Letter to Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 8, 2023
Letter Railroad Company CEOs - NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 7, 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
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 5, 2023
Letter to Michelle Korsmo, President and CEO of the National Restaurant Association - Senators Warren, Sanders, Murray Push National Restaurant Association for Answers Following Bombshell Report of Misuse of Food Safety Training Funds
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 1, 2023
Letter to Charles Barber, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, National Science Foundation - Senators Baldwin, Feinstein Call on National Science Foundation to Better Assess LGBTQI+ Representation in STEM
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 24, 2023
Letter to Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna - Senators Warren, Welch Raise Concerns over Moderna's Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Price Hike
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 18, 2023
NEWS: In New Letter, Sanders Calls on CEO Howard Schultz to End Starbucks' "Ruthless Union Busting Campaign" Against Own Workers
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 14, 2022
Letter to Bernard de Saint-Affrique, CEO of Danone, Shane Grant, CEO of Danone North America - Welch, Pingree, Kuster, and Golden Urge Danone to Fulfill Commitment to Northeast Organic Dairy Farms
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 4, 2022
Durbin, Welch Statement On Federal Reserve's New Rule To Ensure Debit Card Competition
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 4, 2022
Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, Mellody Hobson, Chair of the Starbucks Board of Directors - Markey, Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal Blast Starbucks for Brazen, Illegal Union-busting Campaign
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 19, 2022
Letter to Jor-El Godsey, President of Heartbeat International - Markey Joins Warren, Colleagues in Demanding Answers From Heartbeat International About the Collection -- and Potential Disclosure -- of Reproductive Health Information
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 19, 2022
Reps. Welch and Gooden Introduce Bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 4, 2022
Tweet - "What recent union victories show is that working class Americans are sick and tired of being exploited by large corporations. This Labor Day, let us stand together in the fight for justice."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 2, 2022
Letter to Jeffrey Schwartz, Managing Partner and CEO of Corbel Capital Partners - NEWS: Sanders, Colleagues Call on Corbel CEO Jeffrey Schwartz to Provide Severance Pay for Laid-Off LandAir Workers
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 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."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 10, 2022
Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 6, 2022
Tweet - "The country's biggest railroad companies made over $20 billion in profits last year, while rail workers haven't seen a wage increase since 2019 and are currently without a contract. These workers deserve a fair contract and they deserve it NOW."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 22, 2022
Tweet - "A worker today would need to make nearly 3 times the minimum wage in order to afford an average one-bedroom apartment. That makes no sense to me, nor do I think it makes sense to the American people."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 21, 2022
Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022
Tweet - "A worker today earning the federal minimum wage makes $1,257 a month. The median rent for an apartment today is $1,362 a month. Addressing the needs of the American people is not radical. What's radical is doing nothing while families struggle."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2022
Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022
NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022
Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 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."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 10, 2022
Tweet - "Cherry Garcia. Phish Food. Chunky Monkey. Super Fudge Chunk. Ben & Jerry not only revolutionized the world of ice cream, but they also showed the world what a progressive and community-minded business could look like."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 8, 2022
Tweet - "Average hourly wages for American workers have remained nearly flat since 1960, while home prices have almost TRIPLED over the same time period. It's no wonder that nearly half of all Americans today spend at least 30% of their income on housing. Obscene."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 6, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 18, 2022
Tweet - "Last year, 3 of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in America -- Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AbbVie -- increased their profits by 90 percent to $54 billion -- while half of the new brand name drugs now cost over $180,000. Obscene."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
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