• Biden and Sanders meet union organizers amid labor turmoil

    From Liz Bentley@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 18 18:47:08 2023
    Source: AP

    By CHRIS MEGERIAN
    Published 4:26 PM CDT, July 17, 2023

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With labor turmoil roiling industries from coast to
    coast, President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders met with organizers at
    the White House on Monday to talk about ways to boost union membership.

    The organizers represent industries and workplaces that have not
    traditionally been represented by unions, such as Starbucks coffee shops
    and video game companies.

    Sanders, an independent from Vermont, said outside the White House that
    more people are “standing up and saying it is important for us to have a union so we can earn better wages, better working conditions, better
    pensions and dignity on the job.”

    White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president
    believes that “worker power is essential for growing the economy from the middle out and the bottom up.”

    Read more: https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-joe-biden- labor-980ffbee78a867058918b96c3dfdf70e

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