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In reply to the discussion: Bernie: Sign our petition: encourage each of the campaigns in the Democratic primary to form unions [View all]sheshe2
(97,779 posts)58. Perfect.
He is campaigning on equality for all.
Then the information comes out about his past campaign where women were paid far less than men. Also sexual harassment claims.
Asked if he knew about the staff complaints, he said, I was a little bit busy running around the country trying to make the case.
Some women said the fledgling 2016 campaign was disorganized and decentralized, which made it hard to know whom to turn to in the case of mistreatment.
I did experience sexual harassment during the campaign, and there was no one who would or could help, said Samantha Davis, the former director of operations in Texas and New York, who also worked on the campaigns advance team. She said that her supervisor marginalized her after she declined an invitation to his hotel room.
In interviews, women told of makeshift living accommodations on the road, where they were asked to sleep in rooms along with male co-workers they didnt know. Women who had access to salary records were taken aback to learn that some female staff members made thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts.
Some women said the fledgling 2016 campaign was disorganized and decentralized, which made it hard to know whom to turn to in the case of mistreatment.
I did experience sexual harassment during the campaign, and there was no one who would or could help, said Samantha Davis, the former director of operations in Texas and New York, who also worked on the campaigns advance team. She said that her supervisor marginalized her after she declined an invitation to his hotel room.
In interviews, women told of makeshift living accommodations on the road, where they were asked to sleep in rooms along with male co-workers they didnt know. Women who had access to salary records were taken aback to learn that some female staff members made thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-sexism.html
Now it seems they are unionizing for equal rights and HE is asking for donations. Donations! He is also saying every other campaign should follow his lead when he has not even addressed his own campaign issues on sexual harassment and unfair pay to women.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Bernie: Sign our petition: encourage each of the campaigns in the Democratic primary to form unions [View all]
Omaha Steve
Mar 2019
OP
Well, maybe running a campaign without sexual harrassment, violence and equal pay for women would be
Blue_true
Mar 2019
#76
Encourage each of the campaigns in the Democratic primary to release tax returns
dalton99a
Mar 2019
#9
Brother. And yes, the degree of "re-framing" and does seem incredulous.
CrossingTheRubicon
Mar 2019
#54
People can be completely for unions and still reject a ridiculous campaign ploy.
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#14
I completely support Sanders' campaign workers unionizing to protect themselves from
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#17
You're wrong; I would boo any candidate that used it as a tactic like this, and I think most
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#25
There's always an excuse by some liberals why this or that union is not needed.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#19
Nobody's arguing that Sanders' folks don't need to unionize; the culture of the last campaign
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#27
His was the only one we've heard described as having an "untenable and dangerous dynamic"
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#57
You just stop; this whataboutism has been discussed many times here. There was one instance on the
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#60
You chose to minimize women's pain, to deflect from your candidate's responsibility. Ciao
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#84
"A" staffer had to be moved, it wasn't pervasive to the degree that dozens of ex-workers....
George II
Mar 2019
#72
Sanders' female staffers were subjected to widespread sexual harassment and
CrossingTheRubicon
Mar 2019
#29
Don't workers decide whether or not to unionize? The BS campaign workers need the protection
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#16
Has the campaign recognized the union, or will it push the workers to a vote? Will it drag out
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2019
#20
The picket sign should read: "No workers need protection more than women working on the...
CrossingTheRubicon
Mar 2019
#49
Will the union give staffers a means of reporting when they are sexually harrassed
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#65
He wants people to sign a petition on HIS website that tells other candidates what to do?
George II
Mar 2019
#69