Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill on Thursday that takes a crack at ending a crisis that has long plagued the U.S. education system: extremely low teacher pay. Sanders, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has proposed setting a nationwide minimum wage for teachers at $60,000 a year. This would raise the salaries of 43 percent of public school… Source Source / Read More: Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Raise Minimum Teacher Pay to $60,000
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Starbucks CEO Caves, Agrees to Testify in Senate After Sanders Subpoena Threat
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has agreed to testify before the Senate labor committee after committee chair Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) threatened to subpoena the executive to appear in a hearing on the company’s rampant union busting later this month. Sanders announced the company’s decision on Tuesday after weeks of demurring from the company, thanking members in the committee for being… Source Source / Read More: Starbucks CEO Caves, Agrees to Testify in Senate After Sanders Subpoena Threat
Sanders Moves to Subpoena Starbucks CEO Over Rampant Union Busting
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) announced on Wednesday that he is setting up a vote on subpoenaing Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz after Schultz refused Sanders’s request to testify about the company’s rampant union busting last month. Sanders said that Schultz’s avoidance of the request has “given us no choice but to subpoena him” and… Source Source / Read More: Sanders Moves to Subpoena Starbucks CEO Over Rampant Union Busting
Sanders Slams Starbucks CEO for Refusing to Testify at Hearing on Union Busting
Starbucks CEO and notorious union buster Howard Schultz is facing criticism after he turned down Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vermont) request that he appear before Congress in a hearing next month. In a scathing statement, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Sanders said that it is “disappointing, but not surprising” that Schultz would turn down the request from… Source Source / Read More: Sanders Slams Starbucks CEO for Refusing to Testify at Hearing on Union Busting
Sanders Vows to Work on Raising “Pathetically Low” Teacher Salaries
In his new role as head of the committee overseeing education policy in the Senate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) says a top priority will be fixing what he says are “pathetically low” starting salaries for teachers across the U.S., potentially starting with legislation to set a nationwide base salary to ensure that educators are paid properly. Sanders told Education Week this week that… Source Source / Read More: Sanders Vows to Work on Raising “Pathetically Low” Teacher Salaries