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Bernie Sanders: “The safe harbor provisions included in this legislation…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders Advocates for Workers' Rights and Pension Reform in Senate Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

In other words, they would give corporations like Amazon, Uber and Lyft the freedom to exploit their workforce. The reality is that The safe harbor provisions included in this legislation would give large corporations a blank check to break our nation's labor laws. A few years ago, I met with truck drivers in California who were misclassified as independent contractors. Never forget that big lineup of trucks in near the harbor. (02:35–02:45)

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Asserts that safe harbor provisions in proposed legislation would allow corporations to violate labor laws.

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