Bernie Sanders joins Justin Jones to rally at Fisk to raise minimum wage

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/02/sen-bernie-sanders-visits-nashville-to-rally-for-17-minimum-wage/70269482007/

"U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, visited Nashville on Friday evening to rally alongside state Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, calling for Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour.
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"No one in America should be forced to work for starvation wages,” Sanders said. “Poverty is a death sentence, and we’re here to say we will no longer accept that."

Sanders’ speech was part of a national tour to raise support for his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 over a five-year period. The legislation is expected for a markup in the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions later this month.
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Jones, who met Sanders during his trip to the White House in April, criticized Republicans in the state legislature for prioritizing corporate incentives and declining to raise the state minimum wage.

“We have money for corporate bailouts for a new Titans stadium… but we don’t have enough money to pay people a living wage above $7.25 an hour?” Jones asked. “We say you cannot survive on $7.25 an hour.” ....(more)

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