Sisters and Brothers -
In America today, people are sick and tired of the unprecedented corporate greed and illegal union busting that is taking place throughout this country.
They are sick and tired of the massive levels of income and wealth inequality, and the fact that CEOs of large corporations are now making 400 times what their employees make.
They are sick and tired of unprecedented levels of corporate profits while 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck.
The American people want to know why, despite huge advances in technology and worker productivity, the average worker in our country today makes about $50 a week LESS than what they made 50 years ago after adjusting for inflation.
Well, there are a number of reasons for this unfortunate and shameful reality.
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at an abysmal $7.25. Together we must change that and raise the wage to a living wage.
Corporate America has shipped millions of good-paying jobs to countries all over the world that are exploiting low-income people. We need a trade policy that works for all, not just the few.
But the most important reason as to why workers are not advancing economically is that trade union membership has gone down by about 50% since 1983. That is unacceptable, and that has got to change. At a time when unions today are more popular than they have been for decades, we have got to make it easier for workers to exercise their constitutional right to form a union.
We've also got to make it clear that corporate CEOs must obey the law and end their union busting – even if they are billionaires who are leading large, multinational corporations. Billionaires are not above the law.
Now more than ever, it is time to stand with the working class and rebuild the trade union movement. It is time to make the PRO Act the law of the land.
Please sign my petition:
Here is what the PRO Act would accomplish:
The bad news is that corporate greed has been steadily on the rise for decades, and the billionaire class has seen a massive expansion of wealth over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The good news is that more and more workers today are standing together and fighting back. More than any point in recent decades, workers are joining in solidarity to say enough is enough. They are organizing to form unions because they understand that it's time to tell the billionaires that they cannot have it all.
But the truth is that over half of workers who vote to form unions do not have a union contract a year after their union victory. That is unacceptable, and we can change that under the PRO Act, which is why I am asking one more time:
We cannot have a moral society or a strong economy when so few have so much, and so many have so little.
It is no coincidence that the decline of the American middle class virtually mirrors the rapid decline of unions in this country. As workers lose their seats at the negotiating table, the share of national income going to the very wealthy has gone up, while the percentage of workers' income has gone down.
The PRO Act will help change that by restoring the right of workers to form unions. Thank you for adding your name today to say you support this important legislation.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
Paid for by Friends of Bernie Sanders
PO BOX 391, Burlington, VT 05402
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