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Uncle Joe

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5. Thank you TexasTowelie

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Mon Mar 11, 2019, 04:59 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Bernie Sanders Calls on Amazon to Improve Workers' Conditions [View all] Uncle Joe Mar 2019 OP

Here is the Twitter link: TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #1

Leave it to Bernie to lead on this issue!! Why he's the voice of the People, for the People!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #4

Well, obviously, AOC was out front on the issue a month ago. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #11

Thank you TexasTowelie Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #5

You're welcome. I thought that I'd save everyone the trouble since this is the topic of this thread. TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #18

Thank you again. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #20

Why does he continue to sell his books on Amazon? George II Mar 2019 #2

Read some of the comments on the twitter thread. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #6

Damn, I wish I did the twitter thing. Tipperary Mar 2019 #49

I don't do twitter either... sheshe2 Mar 2019 #51

Thanks, I saw your other post and was able to do just that! Tipperary Mar 2019 #58

Cool! sheshe2 Mar 2019 #59

Not a whole lot of choice these days... Lancero Mar 2019 #45

here ya go. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #3

Thank you sheshe. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #7

Do you agree with his message? n/t Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #9

Not really, because: sheshe2 Mar 2019 #14

Bernie has been calling on Walmart as well Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #23

And no comment about the books. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #35

As I stated Bernie is calling on Amazon to go farther in regards to improving labor conditions. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #37

Ummhmm. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #39

Bernie doesn't "demonize" Amazon, he criticizes them, legitimately so and the workers Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #40

When I mentioned boycott, I never meant the workers. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #41

If the workers called for a boycott from consumers or went on strike Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #42

Yep. nt Tipperary Mar 2019 #63

Tell 'em Bernie!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #8

And yet the Sanders book sales continue on Amazon. I wonder why that is? George II Mar 2019 #10

Do you understand calling for working conditions to be improved is not the same... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #17

And yet the Sanders book sales continue on Amazon. I wonder why that is? George II Mar 2019 #21

I'm not saying it's hypocritical Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #30

LOL... seems simple enough!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #25

You would think so. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #27

Hahaha! NT littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #43

And yet the Sanders book sales continue on Amazon. I wonder why that is? George II Mar 2019 #47

Because Amazon's workers; aren't calling for a boycott from consumers which would mostly Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #48

You guys keep deflecting to Amazon's workers. This is a discussion about Sanders.... George II Mar 2019 #50

Because this is all about Amazon's workers, their needs, which political leaders are Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #53

So its a twist on the age old "do as I say, not as I do". Got it. Actually I had it.... George II Mar 2019 #56

... Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #57

Yep. I'm not aware of amazon workers calling for a boycott. David__77 Mar 2019 #44

Of course it's not the same thing, it is however, dissembling. LanternWaste Mar 2019 #60

Bernie was truly effective in getting Amazon to raise wages flamingdem Mar 2019 #12

Amazon.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #13

Thank you, LovingA2and MI! sheshe2 Mar 2019 #15

You can Thank Bernie for the $15 dollar piece! Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #22

Thanks Bernie!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #26

our entire state where amazon is located was already going for the 15$ min wage.. samnsara Mar 2019 #55

Here's a piece of trivia for you: Amazon operates in more than your state Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #65

"What's wrong with Amazon? Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #16

Amazon pledges minimum wage of $15 an hour for all U.S. workers LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #19

I'm sure Bernie knows about the $15 bucks an hour since he got it done. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #24

He did not do diddly..... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #29

Revisionist history. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #31

Sure Amazon was the one that raised their minimum wage, but they did it in response to something... Lancero Mar 2019 #46

Tell me about the legislation he is proposing. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #28

I don't know of any new legislation that Bernie is pushing since last fall but here is a Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #32

That leaves just as much unanswered. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #36

No new post offices to name. Even he can only do so much Hortensis Mar 2019 #54

Beating up on Amazon during a campaign forklift Mar 2019 #33

And here in Ohio we have a warehouse and Amazon pays much better than other jobs in the area. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #66

Anyone can read a laundry-list of problems, gripes, complaints. That's the easy part. NurseJackie Mar 2019 #34

Has he spoken yet about the dismal treatment of Google's female employees? OilemFirchen Mar 2019 #38

C'mon; he hasn't even really responded about the treatment of his own campaign's female employees LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #52

Here is Bernie again trying to grab headlines forklift Mar 2019 #61

Here is another headline for you "'Colony of Hell': 911 Calls From Inside Amazon Warehouses" Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #62

As a scientist I see that article as laughable. forklift Mar 2019 #64

Well here is another headline for the sake of science. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #67

Meh ... that is Europe forklift Mar 2019 #68

The first article was America, the second article was Europe but this didn't Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #69