'The railroad industry, which made $20 billion in profits last year, cannot continue to deny workers paid sick leave,' said SenSanders.
"Warren Buffett, the owner of BNSF Railway's parent company, worth $100 billion, must intervene," said the Vermont senator."During the pandemic, Mr. Buffett became $36 billion richer."With rail workers on the verge of launching a national strike over atrocious conditions and a lack of sick days, Sen.
Buffett—who famously said"there's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning"—hasSanders' requests to step in on the side of workers in contract disputes involving the billionaire investor's companies. in a statement Sunday."Let us repeat that, our members are being terminated for getting sick or for attending routine medical visits as we crawl our way out of a worldwide pandemic."spotlighted
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