Bernie Sanders

We need a Labor Secretary who will strongly enforce the child labor laws that are on the books.

Over 60 percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck and millions are working for starvation wages.

Through no fault of their own, Republicans and Democrats came together and passed the CARES Act by a vote of 96 to 0.

We need a Labor Secretary who believes that young people in this country should have access to apprenticeship programs.

We need a Labor Secretary who understands that we must end the international embarrassment of the United States being the only major country on earth that does not guarantee paid family and medical leave.

No one can tell us with a straight face that Ms. Su is unqualified for this position.

We need a Labor Secretary who understands that we must raise the minimum wage to a living wage.

I strongly support Ms. Su's nomination. She has been an excellent Deputy Secretary of Labor for the last 2 years.

The unemployment insurance fraud rate was 15.4 percent in Tennessee, 15.3 percent in Arizona, 14.3 percent in South Carolina, and over 14 percent in Massachusetts.

I strongly believe that Julie Su will be that Labor Secretary.

We need a Labor Secretary who will work each and every day to make it easier, not harder, for workers to exercise their Constitutional right to join unions.

Julie Su is a champion of the working class of this country who will stand up against the forces of corporate greed.

We need a Labor Secretary who understands that it is unacceptable that women in this country are earning just $0.84 on the dollar compared to men.

For the last 50 years, middle class and working class of this country have been struggling.

I commend the Committee for holding this hearing to show that you take seriously the rights of Starbucks workers to organize.

I believe that labor unions play an important role in protecting that bedrock principle.

It is a bedrock of our democracy that the law applies to everyone, including the most powerful.

Workers have a right to join a union.

But even if he is a multi-billionaire and the head of a giant corporation, he is not entitled to break the law.

The fundamental issue we are confronting today is whether we have a system of justice that applies to all or whether billionaires and large corporations can break the law with impunity.

Let us be clear, Starbucks egregious union busting campaign is not limited to Buffalo.

Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in the modern history of our Country.

Starbucks has refused to sign a single first contract with the union.

Strong unions are a vital part of rebuilding the declining middle class in this country.

It would seem to me that if I was sitting where you were sitting and fighting for a union, one of my demands would be consistent and reasonable scheduling that I have some input to.