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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), on Thursday, praised the 50,000 port workers who successfully secured a significant wage increase following their strike against the shipping industry’s “outrageous corporate greed.”
What Happened: The Vermont senator attached a statement in solidarity with port workers in his post on X. He said, “Billionaires in the shipping industry must not be allowed to get even richer by replacing port workers with robots.”
In his statement, he praised the workers for putting their “lives on the line” during the COVID-19 pandemic and keeping the economy going. He noted that the shipping industry saw its profits skyrocket by as much as 800 percent and has made a record-breaking $400 billion in profits since 2020.
He noted that over the past 20 years, average wages for port workers along the East Coast have declined by nearly 12% after adjusting for inflation. He said the strike was not only about wages but it was also about making sure that the CEOs and billionaire class are not able to use the “incredible advancements” in ...
