Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is in California today at a town hall where he’s calling for raises for Disneyland workers:
While Disney’s CEO makes up to $423 million:
– 1 in 10 Disneyland workers have been homeless in the past 2 years
– More than 2 in 3 are food insecure
– 3 in 4 don’t make enough money to afford basic needsThis isn’t what Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are supposed to be about.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 2, 2018
We are here at Disneyland to say loudly and clearly to the CEO of Disney: Pay your workers a living wage, not a poverty wage! Your greed must end.
Watch our live town hall: https://t.co/R00C3awLWd
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 2, 2018
You want to know what is radical? A company like Disney that makes $9 billion in profits while nearly 75% of its workers at Disneyland can’t cover their monthly living expenses.
Paying your workers a living wage is not a radical idea.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 2, 2018
In the year 2018, no one in America, especially those working for a profitable corporation like Disney, should be homeless or not be able to feed their families. #StopDisneyPoverty
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 2, 2018
Recently, Disney CEO Bob Iger did the right thing and cancelled Roseanne after her racist tweet.
I say to Mr. Iger: you have another opportunity to lead. Stand with working families by paying all your employees a living wage and making health care a right, not a privilege.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 2, 2018
Sanders is fired up to the point of, fittingly enough, looking a little Goofy:
https://twitter.com/buddyg/status/1002963639492493313
Love this! pic.twitter.com/rvmub3cSlU
— Jake White (@unioncounsel) June 2, 2018
Labor unions and #FightFor15 supporters are cheering on Sanders:
"Our tax dollars should not go to corporations that support poverty," speaker from @GoodJobsNation #union #WeRise pic.twitter.com/rsb5cgRrGI
— SEIU (@SEIU) June 2, 2018
"Disney where's my dream?" Union members @SenSanders rally tell Disney that dreams can't come true on poverty wages. pic.twitter.com/MUhsI2kv2T
— SEIU (@SEIU) June 2, 2018
"While working at #Disneyland I've been evicted twice, I live on one meal a day. I work in one of the most beautiful rooms, and I feed these guests the most beautiful food. At the end of the day it goes thrown out…we get fired if we eat any of it" #stopdisneypoverty #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/aNf6YmkYDc
— Fight for $15 LA (@Fightfor15LA) June 2, 2018
"Disney is all about fantasy. This is reality… The reality is that someone who has worked for an enormouly profitable corporation for 30 years, should not be going hungry" @BernieSanders #stopdisneypoverty #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/U5cQ3l6EkW
— Fight for $15 LA (@Fightfor15LA) June 2, 2018
@SenSanders If the CEO really makes $420+ million/year, then for a 50% pay cut, he could give every one of Disney's ~200k employees a $1000/year raise.
IF he could make do on 210 mil (pre-tax)
— ?️?Demonac?️? (@talesddc) June 2, 2018
But we’ve been informed by Nancy Pelosi that amount of money is just “crumbs.”
You have three homes. While working for the government. Give two of the homeless your extra homes. https://t.co/4q4TQz5O0C
— Josh Perry (@MrJoshPerry) June 2, 2018
Hey, great idea!
One thing’s for sure:
Woke Disneyland is gonna suck. https://t.co/QzuUr5DWPM
— jon gabriel (@exjon) June 2, 2018
Right!?
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