Post by Logan on Apr 30, 2016 8:10:09 GMT -6
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his populist message to the steps of the Indiana Statehouse on Friday, pledging to hundreds of union workers and supporters that he will fight to stop corporate greed from “destroying the middle class in America.”
The Democratic presidential hopeful was just the latest candidate to visit Indianapolis with promises of reviving manufacturing in Indiana, holding up Carrier Corp.’s decision to lay off 1,400 workers here as an example of what’s wrong with the U.S. economy.
But Sanders is the only one to do so with the endorsement of the workers themselves.
Speaking at a United Steelworkers Local 1999 rally and march — organized to protest Carrier's plans to outsource its manufacturing operations to Mexico — Sanders reiterated his call for trade policies that won't force Americans "to compete with desperate people all over the world" in a race for the lowest wages.
Sanders also railed against Carrier's parent company, United Technologies Corp., for spending lavishly on executive pay while refusing to pay American workers a living wage. Former CEO Geraud Darnis, who retired in January, made $14.4 million in total compensation in 2015, while Louis Chenevert, another former CEO, was given a $172 million retirement package when he left the company in 2014.
Read more: www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/29/bernie-sanders-rips-carrier-execs-they-have-no-shame/83667086/
The Democratic presidential hopeful was just the latest candidate to visit Indianapolis with promises of reviving manufacturing in Indiana, holding up Carrier Corp.’s decision to lay off 1,400 workers here as an example of what’s wrong with the U.S. economy.
But Sanders is the only one to do so with the endorsement of the workers themselves.
Speaking at a United Steelworkers Local 1999 rally and march — organized to protest Carrier's plans to outsource its manufacturing operations to Mexico — Sanders reiterated his call for trade policies that won't force Americans "to compete with desperate people all over the world" in a race for the lowest wages.
Sanders also railed against Carrier's parent company, United Technologies Corp., for spending lavishly on executive pay while refusing to pay American workers a living wage. Former CEO Geraud Darnis, who retired in January, made $14.4 million in total compensation in 2015, while Louis Chenevert, another former CEO, was given a $172 million retirement package when he left the company in 2014.
Read more: www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/29/bernie-sanders-rips-carrier-execs-they-have-no-shame/83667086/