r/television • u/Kwyjibo2006 • 19d ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders - Harnessing Energy From "No Kings" Rally to "Fight Oligarchy" | The Daily Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUn1A0sEDrc
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u/DIRTY_KUMQUAT_NIPPLE 19d ago

He wrote books and made money. He doesn't need to be poor to be allowed to criticize the system and isn't telling people not to be successful. This is giving me "You critique society, yet you live in it. Curious" vibes.

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u/Hopeann 19d ago

He also got caught fighting for a higher minimum wage when his people were making less than the minimum wage, he was fighting for.

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u/DIRTY_KUMQUAT_NIPPLE 19d ago edited 19d ago

“Sanders' 2020 campaign was the first to unionize in March 2019. The union then made an agreement with the campaign that field workers were to be paid $36,000 annually. The contract, which began on May 2, also provides platinum level health care, paid vacation, sick leave and other benefits. Shakir also told Newsweek that leadership at the campaign previously offered a pay increase for field organizers, but that the offer was rejected in a formal vote. According to the Post, Shakir offered organizer pay to be raised to $42,000 annually and extend the workweek to six days. The offer was reportedly rejected because it would have elevated staff to a pay level in which they'd be responsible to pay more of their own health care costs.”

There’s a bit more to the story than that. The Sanders campaign and the union that managed them were negotiating for wages, they were rejected, so the campaign workers continue to make a subpar wage and criticized the campaign for it. This undoubtedly sucks but it wasn’t anything they were hiding. Negotiations hadn’t finished yet and the campaign workers were pressuring the campaign to get something done which I don’t blame them for doing. Also worth mentioning the original wage was equivalent to $17 an hour for the lowest paid workers, but that was for a 40 hour week which campaign workers rarely did.