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Donkees's JournalThe 99 is live from Bernie's rally - Rally with UNITE HERE Airline Workers
Bernie rally coverage expected soonStarted streaming 10 minutes ago
I'm proud to stand with UNITE HERE and airline catering workers at DCA today. American Airlines made $1.9 billion in profit last year — they can afford to pay their workers a living wage.
MORE: Statement from Sanders Campaign Manager @fshakir.
https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1153686660833583107Here is a statement from the UFCW local 400
https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1153683854856740866
CNN Interview: Bernie Sanders to travel to Canada with diabetes patients for affordable insulin
Published on Jul 23, 2019
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 Presidential campaign is taking a trip with diabetes patients to Canada to buy cheaper insulin as part of his push for a Medicare for All health care system.
Margolis: Sanders' staff complaints about 'poverty wages' fall short
By Jon Margolis
Jul 22 2019, 4:56 PM
Excerpt:
On Sunday, the Sanders campaign agreed to reduce the field staff workweek to 42 or so hours, meaning they will earn more than $15 an hour. They won’t earn any more money; they’ll just work less. That’s probably not good for the campaign, but there wasn’t much else Sanders could do. His only alternative would have been to reduce the field staff, which would have been worse for the campaign.
That helps explain the difference between a political campaign and a business, and why this little squabble has no connection to how minimum wage increases would affect a normal business or the economy in general. Successful businesses last indefinitely. They can do long-range planning. They have several options when they have to pay higher wages or benefits. They can invest in labor-saving devices so they need fewer workers. They can find other savings and efficiencies. They can accept a slightly lower profit margin. Most of all, they can raise prices for the goods or services they sell.
A political campaign exists for no more than 18 or 20 months, hardly time for long-range planning. No chance for labor-saving devices; not much chance to find efficiencies. A campaign cannot accept a lower profit margin because it has no profit. Its goal is not profit, but winning the election. It cannot raise prices for the goods and services it sells, for it does not sell goods or services. In theory, it can raise more money. But campaigns are always raising all the money they can.
In this case, Bernie Sanders is neither a hypocrite nor a heartless employer. He and his campaign honored the contract they signed. The complaints, it seems, came not from the union, but from a segment – small or large we do not know – of field workers who were dissatisfied with the agreement.
As to the significance of this flappette to the rest of the world, to economic policy, or to the wisdom of raising the minimum wage: there is none.
https://vtdigger.org/2019/07/22/margolis-sanders-staff-complaints-about-poverty-wages-fall-short/
▶️ Hear the Bern: Episode 16 - Brazil, Bernie, and the Fight Against Fascism
https://www.blubrry.com/hear_the_bern/46248739/16-brazil-bernie-and-the-fight-against-fascism-w-michael-brooks-leandro-demori/
Briahna looks at the imprisonment of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose conviction on corruption charges cleared the way for the victory last year of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. In June, Bernie called for Lula's release after the Intercept reported that the head judge in Lula's case - now Minister of Justice in Bolsonaro's government - had collaborated with prosecutors.
Michael Brooks of The Michael Brooks Show explains why Lula was such a transformational and popular leader. Leandro Demori, one of the Intercept reporters who broke the story in June, gives us an inside view of events that are still convulsing Brazilian politics. Finally, we zoom out to see why Bernie's approach to foreign policy is uniquely equipped to combat a wave of right-wing authoritarianism around the world.
JUL 23 5PM - Sen. Sanders - Airline Food Workers Informational Picket - Reagan Nat'l Airport
🚨BREAKING: @unitehere welcomes Sen. @BernieSanders, @RepBarbaraLee & Rep. @AyannaPressley to Reagan Nat'l Airport Tom. late afternoon in solidarity with airline catering workers who recently voted to authorize a strike when released!
JUL 23 Airline Food Workers Invite Allies to Join Informational Picket
https://www.facebook.com/events/205414770383736/
Details
***Folks should meet at 4:30 p.m. at Terminal B South Terrace departures (upper) level***
American Airlines, Delta, and United made over $50 Billion in combined profits in just the past 5 years alone, but the workers who prepare and load food and beverages onto their planes are often left living in poverty and unable to afford healthcare.
UNITE HERE International Union invites allies to join airline food workers in their fight for a living wage and decent health insurance. The week of July 22, catering workers nationwide will mobilize to end poverty in the airline industry, anchored by this informational picket at Reagan National Airport.
The July 23rd informational picket will follow 11,000 catering workers nationwide taking strike authorization votes in June. Nationally, the majority of the food workers serving these airlines still earn less than $15 per hour – including some with 30, 40 and even 50 years of service. Meanwhile, family health insurance premiums are over $500 per month for these employees, leaving many with an impossible choice between their health and their bills.
No One Loves Paying Premiums
Published on Jul 22, 2019
My Republican friends—and others—seem to think that Americans hate paying taxes but love premiums.
Who in America is saying “The insurance premium is here, what a wonderful day! Oh wow! Let’s celebrate!”?
The answer: Nobody.
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