Sanders Promotes Employee-Ownership as Alternative to Greedy Corporations
BURLINGTON, Vt., June 8 – In a speech to the Vermont Employee Ownership Conference Friday afternoon at the University of Vermont, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stressed that in a rapidly transitioning economy we must help workers around the country form employee-owned businesses: “Instead of giving huge tax breaks to corporations who shut down in the United States and send jobs
Sanders Outlines Plan to Strengthen Postal Service
WASHINGTON, June 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) outlined his plan to strengthen the United States Postal Service in a letter Thursday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the chairman of the president’s task force on the Postal Service. “Unfortunately, for decades, the Postal Service has been under attack by those who want to profit off of the Postal Service’s failure.
Sanders Statement on Trump Tariffs
LOS ANGELES, June 1 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on Mexico, the European Union and Canada: “We need a trade policy that is fair to American workers, not just large multi-national corporations. We need to stop the hemorrhaging of American jobs as large corporations shut down in the United States
Sanders Statement on Cancelling of North Korea Summit
WASHINGTON, May 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after President Donald Trump canceled a planned summit next month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: “North Korea is an isolated authoritarian regime which has nuclear weapons and a sophisticated missile delivery system. With the apparent cancellation or postponement of the summit, the Trump administration should
Sanders Accepts Amazon’s Invitation to Visit Fulfillment Center
WASHINGTON, May 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released a video Tuesday illustrating the extraordinary wealth of Amazon and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, contrasted with the fact that many Amazon workers must rely on public assistance programs due to low wages and face exhausting working conditions. Later on Tuesday, Amazon News responded to the video on Twitter, saying: “We’ve created