Senate probe finds Amazon manipulated workplace injury data
By: Caroline O’Donovan, Lauren Kaori Gurley; Washington Post The company discouraged injured workers from seeking outside medical care and disregarded internal safety recommendations, a Senate panel led by Bernie Sanders reports. A sweeping congressional investigation into worker safety at Amazon found that the nation’s largest online retailer manipulated data on warehouse worker injuries and disregarded internal research on improving safety. The
Bernie Sanders Warns U.S. is Becoming an Oligarchy
By: Peter Wade; Rolling Stone “We are moving rapidly into an oligarchic form of society … We can’t go around the world saying, ‘in Russia, Putin has an oligarchy.’ Well, we got our oligarchy here, too” Sen. Bernie Sanders is ringing the alarm that the United States is “rapidly” becoming an oligarchy run by billionaires out to enrich themselves. “We are
Bernie Sanders Is Leading a Bold New Effort to Block Arms Sales to Israel
By: John Nichols; The Nation The senator has more allies than ever in his fight to hold Israel accountable and save lives in Gaza. For the better part of a year, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been calling on Congress to block additional military aid and arms sales to Israel in order to save lives in Gaza. In January, he responded
Bernie Sanders Says Democrats Have Lost Their Way
By: Michael Barbaro, Sen. Bernie Sanders; New York Times An interview with the Vermont senator on the fallout of the election defeat. The Democratic Party is sifting through the rubble of its sweeping election loss and trying to work out what went wrong. In an interview, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont discusses his diagnosis and how to chart a path back
32-Hour Workweek: How It Could Work and Who Is Advocating for It
By: Seamus Kirst; Teen Vogue Some companies are already doing it. It is estimated that US workers are now more than four times as productive as our predecessors 70 years ago, but the hours we’re expected to be on the clock have not gone down. On average, Americans work hundreds more hours a year than Europeans; and globally, worker-engagement rates are,
5 Takeaways From Bernie Sanders’s Interview on ‘The Daily’
By: The Daily Team, New York Times “There was no appreciation — no appreciation — of the struggling and the suffering of millions and millions of working-class people,” the senator said. As the Democratic Party grapples with its sweeping electoral loss and a new political reality, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been resolute about his diagnosis of where the party
