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March 18, 2019

Bernie Sanders 2020 Campaign Staff Unionize
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Staffers on the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign announced
Friday they are unionizing, in what is believed to be a first for any
major presidential campaign. The president of United Food and Commercial
Workers Local 400, which will represent the Sanders campaign staffers,
said, "We expect (unionizing) will mean pay parity and transparency on
the campaign, with no gender bias or harassment, and equal treatment for
every worker, whether they're in Washington, D.C., Iowa, New Hampshire
or anywhere else." Several women staffers accused Sanders's 2016
presidential campaign of not properly handling sexual harassment and
unequal pay complaints.


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