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Related: About this forumSEN. BERNIE SANDERS RALLY FOR $15 National Minimum Wage, US CAPITOL WORKERS GO ON STRIKE 7/22/15
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~ Sen. Sanders, Rep. Keith Ellison (MN-5th), legislators & many federal contract workers at $15 Rally on Capitol Hill ~
*WATCH VIDEO
Washington, D.C., Wed., July 22, 2015- Hundreds of US Capitol employees and federal contractors gather at a large Rally for $15 National Minimum Wage with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and others at the Capitol, after marching down Constitution Ave. carrying signs saying, "$10.10/hr is Not Enough". The majority of the federal contract employees are minority, black and Latino workers.
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*PRESS RELEASE, July 22, 2015 : VT SEN. BERNIE SANDERS INTRODUCES BILL FOR $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE
READ: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-introduces-bill-for-15-an-hour-minimum-wage
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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS RALLY FOR $15 National Minimum Wage, US CAPITOL WORKERS GO ON STRIKE 7/22/15 (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
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"I WORKED AT THE US CAPITOL and KFC. COLONEL SANDERS PAYS ME MORE THAN UNCLE SAM",
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
#2
Bernie greets striking US Capitol federal contract workers at the Rally for $15 on Capitol Hill.
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
#3
daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. K&R.....
appalachiablue
(41,199 posts)2. "I WORKED AT THE US CAPITOL and KFC. COLONEL SANDERS PAYS ME MORE THAN UNCLE SAM",
said federal worker SONITA BAILEY while telling her story at the Rally for $15 next to Sen. Bernie Sanders.
~ Bernie Sanders comforts SONITA BAILEY, a Capitol café cashier, as she cries while telling her story at a rally calling for a national $15 minimum wage (The Guardian).
- Read: The Guardian, BERNIE SANDERS CONDEMNS 'STARVATION' PAY AT RALLY TO RAISE US MINIMUM WAGE
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/22/federal-minimum-wage-rally-bernie-sanders-washington
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- Learn more about SONITA BAILEY'S story: The Guardian, CASHIER AT US CAPITOL WORKS TWO MINIMUM WAGE JOBS
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/21/cashier-at-us-capitol-work-two-jobs-minimum-wage
appalachiablue
(41,199 posts)3. Bernie greets striking US Capitol federal contract workers at the Rally for $15 on Capitol Hill.