TNHarley
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I posted DIRECTLY FROM HIS WEBSITEI clearly pointed that out.I hope Disir comes and clears all this up![]()
He's actually pro-labor rather than pro-immigration. That's what his track record has been. So, what's the problem?
No. You want to play another round of ideology about someone that you don't know and you don't give a shit about.
Sanders has continuously been against bringing in guest workers. If you don't get these people to come forward or "out of the shadows" then they are at risk for abuse and they will continue to decrease the wages of American workers. That essentially puts those that do the hiring, Democrats and the activists on notice. By telling those that do the hiring that you have to pay these people the same as you do American workers then they have zero incentive to hire them. . If you have been paying attention, it's the same rational behind unionizing. If all of these undocumented workers join unions and get the same rights as American citizens then they don't make much of a profit and it's not worth their while.
Then there are extra penalties:
Authorize and substantially increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation to provide legal representation to guest workers who have been abused by their employers. Further, employers should be required to reimburse guest workers for housing, transportation expenses and workers’ compensation.
And more:
Opposed NAFTA, CAFTA, permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with China, the TPP, and other free-trade agreements. These deals kill American jobs by shifting work overseas to nations which fail to provide worker protections and pay extremely low wages.
That’s why Bernie has been a strong supporter of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for workers to organize and bargain collectively.
In 2008, Sen. Sanders traveled to the tomato fields of southern Florida and met with migrant workers who were paid paltry wages for back-breaking work. After his visit, Sanders invited leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to come to Washington and testify at a Senate committee hearing where they confronted growers on abusive labor practices. The result in Immokalee, Florida was better working conditions and increased pay.
But how many more Immokalees are out there? How many fields or factories are there where people – often without legal status – are used up and thrown away? We cannot continue to run an economy where millions are made so vulnerable because of their undocumented status.
Many in the business community have argued for a massive expansion of temporary guest worker programs as the answer to the immigration issue. That is not the answer. As the Southern Poverty Law Center has documented, guest workers are routinely cheated out of wages, held virtually captive by employers who seize their documents, forced to live in inhumane conditions and denied medical treatment for on-the-job injuries.
What he will not do is demonize the powerless. He will go after those that have the power. That is the primary difference between many on the right who operate on the if you terrorize them then they will leave on their own method and Sanders.
Bernie Sanders has spoken a lot about how the trade policies have done damage not just to the US but to other countries. He has also been very vocal about the disaster that we call the IMF. It puts the Democrats and the Republicans on notice. You cannot go into another country and wreak havoc that benefits no one but those at the top and not expect people to try to leave the country or for their to be an increase in violence. This is the world that the trade policies and the IMF in combination with the World Bank has created. It does not serve the people.
All of these issues are connected.