Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 8 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday will host a roundtable discussion with the student finalists of his thirteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest at the Vermont State House. This year, 382 students from 31 Vermont high schools submitted essays. A panel of seven Vermont educators served as volunteer judges, ranking the essays and

Rebecca Pringle, the President of  NEA, and Randi Weingarten, the President of AFT, will Join Sen. Sanders on Stage WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Monday, February 13, will host a town hall at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the pay crisis teachers are facing throughout the

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) at 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 9th will hold a press conference with rail workers to demand companies provide them with at least seven paid sick days. Sanders will be joined by representatives from SMART-TD, the

Sanders will meet the finalists for a roundtable discussion at the Vermont Statehouse on Saturday, February 11.  BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday announced the winners of his thirteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest, which gives Vermont high school students of all backgrounds an opportunity to address a major issue facing the country

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 – Following up on a previous letter sent in October of last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, on Wednesday sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz calling for the company to once and for all end its egregious union busting campaign against its

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday delivered a major address from the U.S. Capitol on the state of the working class in America. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: Let me thank all of you who are here