“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will soon introduce legislation that would require large employers such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonald’s to fully cover the cost of food stamps, public housing, Medicaid and other federal assistance received by their employees. The goal, he says, is to force corporations to pay a living wage and curb about $150 billion in taxpayer dollars that go to funding federal assistance programs for low-wage workers each year.”
— “Thousands of Amazon workers receive food stamps. Now Bernie Sanders wants the company to pay up.” Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post
Think about that on Labor Day Weekend.
More:
“Amazon urges employees to tell Bernie Sanders how much they love working there,” Summer Meza, The Week
“Amazon gets huge subsidies to provide good jobs—but it’s a top employer of SNAP recipients in at least five states,” H. Claire Brown, New Food Economy
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