Bernie Sanders

I would hope at the same time, we would also consider it to be unacceptable that heads of corporations go up to workers and say, you vote for this union, we are going to take your job to China or to Mexico, or we are going to shut down.

What common sense suggests, you don't have to be the president of a union or the former head of the NLRB to understand this, is that if a worker alone is in trouble, he or she does not have a lot of power to ask for better wages.

That is perverse and wrong.

Federal labor law still contains racist and sexist exclusions rooted in Jim Crow. We need to write new rules that protect all workers--Black, brown, and white--to ensure we can all thrive.

Supporting workers' right to organize, free from union-busting, is not only the morally and ethically sound choice; it has practical benefits for employers.

All that unions are about is not complicated. It is people coming together to fight for a contract which guarantees them certain basic rights.

It's time for politicians to heed workers' demands.

If a corporation is going to pride itself on corporate social responsibility in its mission statement or offer grand announcements on inclusivity, respect and a commitment to treating workers well, and if they're going to call their…

We need to pass the Richard Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act as soon as possible to protect collective action.

We cannot let them buy the basic rights of working people.

There is a class war going on, whether we want to recognize it or not.

This is why we need to pass the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act as soon as possible--to protect collective action, remove the barriers to worker voice and hold employers accountable when they violate workers'…

It is no coincidence that labor standards have plummeted as the percentage of people in unions has declined in America.

The very rich know nothing about how most people live, couldn't care less about real people, and firmly believe they have a divine right to rule.

It's ridiculous that the future for tens of thousands of workers in a company like Starbucks is up to the whims of just one person--Howard Schultz--who continues to oversee a company that breaks the law without sufficient consequence.

The response of companies like Starbucks... has been to turn around and throw a litany of dirty tactics at these employees.

Congress must level the playing field by: funding the NLRB, ending corporate tax breaks for union-busting, holding CEOs accountable for their actions, and passing the PRO Act, so that every worker has the right to join a union.

Employers spend $340 million per year on law firms and consultants to help them intimidate workers.

In this country, workers have the right to form unions, and we are going to do everything we can to make sure that they can exercise that Constitutional right.

Today, you got three people on top who own more wealth than the bottom half of American society.

The NLRB has issued over 80 complaints against Starbucks, which the company has ignored.

The original purpose of this hearing was twofold.

We are going to stand with working people and do everything that we can to create an economy that works for all of us.

CEO compensation right now, 400 times more than the average American worker.

Mr. Schultz and Starbucks decided that he would appear and we will have a discussion with him on the 29th of March.