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A Sanders-Fain Team

Is Senator Bernie Sanders the person to lead labor in politics? What would happen if Senator Bernie Sanders and Shawn Fain, president of the United Automobile Workers, joined forces? Could Bernie, with labors help, get the working people a four-day work week with full pay, healthcare with no out of pocket costs, childcare and free education and a universal basic income for those who fall between the cracks? Before you say or think this is wishful thinking, go back and look at what we used to have before Republicans started chipping away at benefits so that corporations wouldn’t have to suffer a loss in profits. If that’s not enough look at other countries that take care of their people and corporations still make profits, just not obscene profits. Labor needs a person who can carry the torch in government for the union workers and in trade unions need to support the torch bearer, Bernie Sanders, and the people he supports to get the votes needed to get the laws that support the working people. This way, the Democrats and the GOP cannot stop Bernie like they have done before to him. They would need to have the Bernie people and labor. Labor is currently on a roll, but we will need solid support from elected people to keep it going. To get the big things, labor might have to go on a big work stoppage to get the biggest benefits since Social Security. If labor does this, we will need all the unions working together with no more infighting or at least call for a temporary truce until we get some big wins. Big wins will bring many new union members to help in the fight for our rights because people love big wins and the more wins the more elected officials will join forces with labor and the winners. It’s time for Sanders and Fain to join forces and take on the billionaire class.

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