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      Sanders Holds Town Hall to Elevate Crisis of Low Teacher Pay

      "I do not think we should accept it as 'normal' in our society that billionaires get massive tax breaks while teachers in this country have to work a second job just to make ends meet," said the senator.

      Julia Conley
      Feb 13, 2023
      Ahead of a town hall featuring labor leaders and educators from across the country on Monday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders condemned the U.S. economic system which has allowed teacher pay to decline over the past decade while tax breaks have permitted the richest Americans and corporations to contribute less and less to the public sector.

      "I do not think we should accept it as 'normal' in our society that billionaires get massive tax breaks while teachers in this country have to work a second job just to make ends meet," said the Vermont Independent senator. "We must pay all teachers in America at least $60,000."

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      A San Mateo County sheriff deputy stands at the scene of a shooting in Half Moon Bay, California

      'This Is a National Emergency': Dems Push for Assault Weapons Ban Amid String of Massacres

      "It is far past time to reenact an assault weapons ban and get these weapons of war out of our communities."

      Jake Johnson
      Jan 24, 2023

      A gunman killed at least seven people in the small California city of Half Moon Bay on Monday, the second mass shooting in the state in three days and one of nearly 40 that have occurred since the start of the new year—a rolling epidemic of violence that Congress has repeatedly met with inaction or inadequate compromises with gun lobby-backed Republicans.

      The Associated Pressreported that police "arrested a suspect in Monday's shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after they found him in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff's substation." Officers found a semi-automatic handgun in the suspect's vehicle.

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      Then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks

      Congressional Union Vows to Fight 'Anti-Worker Attack' by House GOP

      "We have no plans to stop our unionization drive."

      Kenny Stancil
      Jan 10, 2023

      After House Republicans passed a rules package that contains union-busting language aimed at preventing Capitol Hill staff from exercising their right to organize and collectively bargain for better wages and conditions, the Congressional Workers Union pledged Monday to keep fighting for more workplace democracy.

      "Though we are disappointed to see the GOP-passed rules package include both anti-worker and anti-union language, we are not surprised and have prepared for attacks from the very same party that claims to value America's working class," the CWU said in a statement.

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