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Bernie Sanders: “While Costco, Amazon, Target, Best Buy, and other major corporations have all raised their minimum wage in recent years…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2021
While Costco, Amazon, Target, Best Buy, and other major corporations have all raised their minimum wage in recent years to at least $15 an hour, the minimum wage at Walmart has remained stuck at $11 an hour for the last 3 years.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders compares Walmart's stagnant wages to other corporations that increased theirs.

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