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Sanders Applauds 'Courageous' Workers for Standing Up to Disney World and Winning $15 Minimum Wage
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took to Twitter on Monday to congratulate Disney World workers and their unions for negotiating a "historic" contract that will boost the minimum wage at the Florida resort to $15 an hour by 2021, a pay raise that will benefit thousands of employees.
"Congratulations to the courageous workers and their unions at Disney World for their historic victory," wrote Sanders, who over the past several months has shamed Disney at rallies and town halls for paying starvation wages. "I applaud everyone who stood up to demand that workers at one of the wealthiest corporations in the world should have a decent standard of living."
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Jessica Lella, a 24-year-old ride operator at Disney World, told the New York Times that she has been working at the park for nearly six years and still makes just $10 an hour. (Disney CEO Bob Iger made over $36 million last year.)
"There's no doubt that this is going to change people's lives," Lella said of the newly negotiated pay increase, which comes just a month after Disneyland workers in California won a $15 minimum wage.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/27/sanders-applauds-courageous-workers-standing-disney-world-and-winning-15-minimum
Congratulations to all the workers.
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Sanders Applauds 'Courageous' Workers for Standing Up to Disney World and Winning $15 Minimum Wage (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Aug 2018
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lapucelle
(18,361 posts)1. Andrew Cuomo got this done in NYS in 2016.
So kudos to workers who fight for a fair wage and to the political leaders who get the job done.
https://www.labor.ny.gov/workerprotection/laborstandards/workprot/minwage.shtm
Uncle Joe
(58,459 posts)2. Yes, kudos to Andrew Cuomo and the workers in the State of New York.
Kudos to any political leader or state that fights for and achieves a livable wage for its' workers.
Kudos to any business that voluntarily give their employees a livable wage.
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)3. Cuomo also enacted free state college for low and middle income students.
He's had an effective term.
https://www.suny.edu/suny-news/press-releases/10-2017/10-1-17/tuition-free-suny-cuny-numbers.html