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Bernie Sanders: “We're going to pass the pro act.”

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

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Bernie Sanders' May Day Speech in Philadelphia on Workers' Rights and Oligarchy

Published | Video Starts at 16:51

Right now there are millions of workers who want to join unions. They're unable to do so because of the illegal behavior of corporations. And that's why We're going to pass the pro act. And if workers, a majority of workers, sign a union card, they're going to belong to a union. Brothers and sisters, we need to raise the minimum wage in this country to a living wage. (16:51–16:54)

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Asserts the intention to pass the PRO Act to support unionization.

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