As Democratic Candidates Gather in Iowa, Sanders Marches Alongside McDonald's Workers to Demand $15

[Uncle Joe]

Minimum Wage

Rallying McDonald's workers in the same way he worked alongside Disney and Amazon employees in their fight for fair wages and union representation, Sen. Bernie Sanders marched alongside workers at a rally Sunday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate addressed workers outside a local McDonald's store before marching with them to the DoubleTree hotel and convention center where 19 primary candidates were gathered for the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Celebration.

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Sanders highlighted the past successes he has helped workers achieve, working alongside the national grassroots group Fight for $15. Together, Sanders and the organization recently helped pressure Amazon and Disneyland to guarantee their employees a $15 minimum wage and the right to form a union.

"I want you to understand the enormous progress that you have made in the last few years," Sanders told the crowd. "Five years ago when we talked about $15 an hour and a union, people said it was an impossible dream. But because of the determination of workers at McDonald's and all over this country in the trade union movement, seven states in this country have passed a $15 minimum wage."

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/09/democratic-candidates-gather-iowa-sanders-marches-alongside-mcdonalds-workers-demand

There are videos on the link as well.

[uawchild]

1. Kudos to Sanders

Working in the fast food industry is hellish.

No fixed schedules, understaffing, no guaranteed hours are the rule.

People deserve a living wage.

Thank you for fighting for the little guys, Senator Sanders!

[mobeau69]

2. Ditto.

[MichMan]

3. I don't understand how they don't already have the right to unionize if they desire to do so ?

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Here are workers in Portland, Ore. that did just that.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-a-first-for-fast-food-burger-chain-workers-vote-to-unionize/

[corbettkroehler]

7. Too Many Right-To-Work States

This is part of why Sanders wants to ban right-to-work laws via federal legislation.

[jayschool2013]

4. Good to see

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) does a good thing.

But I'm voting for a Democrat.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. If Bernie can do it, I support him. He's more Dem than most Dems; especially DNC "elites"

[ehrnst]

6. Got any data to back that up?

I won't hold my breath.

[Evolve Dammit]

8. I'm just saying that he's not owned by corporate donors, Wall St. etc like some other candidates.

Supports single payer, unions and a living minimum wage. That's pretty democratic in my book.

[ehrnst]

9. So you don't have any data to back that up other than

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"some other candidates are owned by corporate donors and Wall Street."

Which ones?

I don't suppose you have anything to back that up either.

And which other Democratic candidates don't support unions, a living wage or universal health care?

[Evolve Dammit]

10. https://theintercept.com/2019/04/17/democratic-candidates-lobbyist-donations/

[ehrnst]

13. That's all you got?

How does the Intercept prove any candidates are "owned by wall street" as you put it?

It appears you simply searched the Intercept for the title of an article that smears Democrats for being "corporate owned" but didn't bother to read the content, in which you sfind the entire premise of the article title is based on the answer to this question, which of course, anyone who is looking to smear Democratic candidates will eagerly answer themselves.

Since Carney is not personally registered, does his donation count as lobbyist money?

I think you might find more kindred spirits elsewhere on the internet...

Especially ones that eat up this kind of talk about candidates:

Other lobbyists who gave to Harris fall into the gray area of unregistered influence peddlers.

This is Democratic Underground.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. http://inthesetimes.com/article/21849/booker-harris-wall-street-banks-private-equity-2020-campaign-d

[ehrnst]

15. Nothing in here supports your smears. In fact your claims are actually disproved

No wonder you only use a link, instead of actually posting the content...

The story misrepresents the donations of individual donors who are employed by a corporation as being "corporate donations." You clearly have a beef with Democrats if In These Times and The Intercept are your go-to sources of information on Democratic candidates.

In These Times examined the April 15 FEC filings of the leading Democratic candidates—Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren—and analyzed the donations they received from employees of the six largest U.S. banks (J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley) and the world's six largest private equity firms (The Carlyle Group, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo Global Management, CVC Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus).

That's a common smear of a candidate to equate the individual donations of employees of a company with "corporate PAC" donations and "Wall Street Money." I'm surprised you decided to perpetuate that sort of thing here on DU against Democratic candidates.

And you're still evading actually naming any other Democratic candidates (DNC Elites as you refer to them) who "don't support" a living wage, universal health care, or unions.

No surprise.

[Kentonio]

17. Why are you trying to trap Evolve into breaking the site rules? Just so you can alert?

Anyone who doesn't think corporate lobbying and donations have corrupted politics (and yes that includes our own party) is fucking naive, quite frankly. The idea that anyone with a D beside their name must be automatically as pure as the driven snow is so stupid that it deserves to be openly mocked at every opportunity.

And if this place ever prevents people from saying that, then it won't be a place I have any interest in wasting time at. It's supposed to be a political discussion site, not a site for teen cheerleaders.

[ehrnst]

18. Asking them questions on the content of their own posts is "trapping?"

You're defending Evolve's claim that there are Democratic Candidates who are "owned by big donors and wall street" even after they fail to provide evidence of such?

Attacking a straw man by equating anyone who says our candidates are not "owned by wall street" with saying all Democrats are "as pure as the driven snow," sounds like you are already giving up on DU. Divisive, anyway.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. Just saying some candidates are not as great as others on issues. Glad you support Liz. Bye

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/policy-2020/medicare-for-all/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2da7d07c1219

[ehrnst]

21. Nope - you said that "some are owned by big donors and Wall Street"

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Backpedaling now, are we?

Not surprised...

And stil avoiding naming which "others" don't support unions and a living wage...

"Glad you support Liz." Sounds like maybe you should as well.

[cwydro]

12. Funny, I thought bashing Democrats was not allowed here.

Smh.

[ehrnst]

14. Tell it to Evolve...

[cwydro]

16. I know, right?

Isn’t he/she the same poster who thinks DU is “censored?”

Tsk, tsk.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. Already explained that. New to the site. Sorry to offend. BTW voted for Carter, so enough insults.

[ehrnst]

23. Repeating and responding directly to your very own words is an "insult?"

But this wasn't?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=146683



"I voted for Carter" - is that supposed to excuse any gaffe or insult one makes, sort of like, "I marched with Dr King?"