We live in a nation today that has more income and wealth inequality than has ever existed in the history of the United States. People on top, the billionaire class, doing phenomenally well. Sixty percent of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck. Gap between the rich and the poor growing wider.
Senator Sanders discusses income and wealth inequality in the U.S.
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Meanwhile, while the rich get richer, millions of Americans cannot afford the basic necessities of life—food, housing, healthcare, and a decent retirement.
Let me be very clear: If you do not take appropriate action now, my colleagues and I in the U.S. Senate will.
That responsibility means making sure the constitutional rights of your workers to unionize and collectively bargain are fully respected.
Do the right thing. Reverse your decision to idle the St. Albans plant and creamery.
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