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Bernie Sanders: “These proposals would make it easier for large corporations…”

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 01:56

Unfortunately, Mr. Chairman, I'm afraid that the bills that we are considering today would only make a bad and unfair situation even worse. These proposals would make it easier for large corporations to misclassify workers as independent contractors. in order to avoid paying them decent wages and decent benefits. These bills are not about giving workers the the freedom to work. (01:56–02:04)

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Asserts that certain legislative proposals would facilitate worker misclassification.

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