Pro-labor Rights

Sanders is pro-labor rights and emphasizes reversing economic inequality to limit the power of the wealthy. Bernie Sanders believes workers deserve equal pay for equal work. He has fought for much of his political career to end discrimination and give working Americans the pay that they deserve. Women make 82 cents for every dollar men make doing the exact same job. Bernie believes this wage gap is wrong and has supported legislation to help women secure equal pay. People of color have a harder time finding jobs and get paid less than their white counterparts when they do. Bernie believes structural problems such as racism, mass incarceration, and lower access to education are to blame, and has introduced and supported legislation to reform our criminal justice and education systems. A pay gap exists between men and women which, while seemingly small, accrues and adds up over time. Bernie has supported and pushed efforts to strengthen claims for women against gender discrimination. Bernie believes racism, mass incarceration, and unequal access to education are the reasons people of color have a difficult time finding jobs and getting equal pay for equal work. Given these are structural problems, Bernie believes the best way to address them is to fix the structures that support such inequities by reforming our broken criminal justice and education systems. A Bernie Sanders administration will make it a priority to restore workers’ rights to bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. That is what the Workplace Democracy Plan is all about. When Bernie Sanders is president, they will make it easier, not harder, for workers to join unions by implementing the Workplace Democracy Plan and establishing a national goal to double union membership during his first term in office.
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